The Forward: "Holy Hip-Hop." By Bari Weiss
It’s Saturday night in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood, and a crowd of 50 is gathered to hear Matt Bar rap about the Bible. The lanky Iowa City native has achieved a kind of celebrity among young Anglos in Jerusalem with his Bible Raps project, a phenomenon he’s hoping to repeat this summer when he travels to Jewish summer camps across America.... Read more!
HaAretz: "Bible rapper infuses Jewish education with his rhymes." By, Daphna Berman
he's spearheading a movement based on his raps to fuse popular music with Jewish education...READ MORE...
Shiur Times: Rising Star - Matt Bar's Bible Raps Project
Using narratives from tanach and Midrash in a new art form helps Jewish students appreciate their heritage... Read more.
MyJewishLearning.com: The Bible Raps Project
Matt Bar, formerly known as the Ramblin’ MC, is working on a fantastic project...Read more.
Discussing Bible Raps on the Radio: 2008
Hear Matt Discuss his project in depth on Iowa's Public Radio "The Exchange"
Hear Matt perform and talk about The Bible Raps Project on Israel National Radio here!
World On the Web: God Big Wheel and Ceiling Cat, By Alisa Harris
Bible Rapper Matt Bar used rap to hold the attention of his middle school Hebrew class and then attempted to spur a Bible Rap Movement... Read more
MASA Profile: Matt Bar and Bible Raps. By, Erin Kopelow
Through the combination of business, creative and educational exposure at the PresentTense Institute for Creative Zionism (PICZ) and the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, Matt Bar's Bible Raps Project has the potential to become an educational enterprise in Hebrew school classrooms around the world... Read more