Tag: music
Zamir Choral Foundation to present ‘Celebrating Hanukkah: Jewish Independence, Resilience and Hope’
Zamir Choral Foundation to present ‘Celebrating Hanukkah: Jewish Independence, Resilience and Hope’
The program includes traditional and contemporary repertoire by Israeli and American composers that uplifts, consoles and inspires.
Zamir Chorale and Zamir Noded in concert....
Ye’s ‘crusade’ to normalize Nazi language will cause ‘real damage,’ ADL says
Millions of people have viewed a new song by Kanye West, who goes by Ye, that glorifies Adolf Hitler and which some social-media platforms have banned.
Daniel Kelley, director of strategy and operations at the...
Ahead of Memorial Day, study explores how song lyrics help Israelis cope with national...
As Israel prepares to commemorate Memorial Day on April 30 under the shadow of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 and the ongoing national crisis in Israel, a new study from the Hebrew University...
How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation
When singers Polina Fradkin and Paulina Levi got 50,000 Instagram followers, they celebrated with a cake.
But these days, they are really cooking.
The Shvesters (the Yiddish word for “The Sisters”) now have 134,000 followers on...
Nova music festival survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision
Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, in May.
Raphael won the finals of the "Hakochav...
The Holiness of Sex: Leonard Cohen’s Biblical Theology
On hearing that I had recently written a book about Leonard Cohen, someone asked me why I thought Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature rather than Cohen. Not being a Nobel prize adjudicator...
Police detain Israeli rock star for waving hostage sign at Hollywood concert
Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen was escorted out of a David Gilmour concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday by Los Angeles police, after failing to heed a request to take down a sign...
Zamir Choral Foundation launches program to train Jewish choir conductors
A $500,000 donation to the Zamir Choral Foundation from husband and wife Robert and Vicki Lieberman aims to teach conductors of Jewish choral music.
Named after Matthew Lazar, the foundation’s founder and director, between 12 and 15...
Sukkot and Sukkah Songs
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering our ancestors as...
State attorney seeks probe of Israeli singer over ‘incitement’ against Gaza
Israeli State Attorney Amit Aisman has requested permission to open a preliminary criminal investigation against Eyal Golan, one of the Jewish state’s most famous musicians, on suspicion of “incitement to violence” against the residents...