What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than to sit back and listen to “My Yiddishe Mame,” which long ago escaped the confines of the Jewish ghetto to become one of the world’s most popular songs ...

Neil Sedaka is a punctual, polite musical legend, and at 65, he still likes being a mama’s boy. “I do. I like being protected,” Sedaka said. He grew up in a loving Sephardic/Ashkenazic home in ...

Singer Neil Sedaka released his first album in Yiddish and Hebrew. “Brighton Beach Memories” features Sedaka singing such classics as “Beir Mir Bisht Du Shein” and “My Yiddishe Mamme.” The Archive of ...

Neil Sedaka’s performance Saturday night at the Wilshire Theatre was a compelling reminder of the powerful impact that Jewish songwriters and culture had upon the popular songs of the 20th century.