Tag: music
‘We will dance again,’ assures New York exhibit on Nova music festival
An exhibit that captures an inescapable moment in time opened in Manhattan on Sunday, affording New Yorkers the chance to experience the darkness and the light of the Nova music festival in southern Israel.
Following...
Chabad rabbi-rapper reaches top of the charts in Israel with ‘Red and Yellow’
Arap artist who turned around his hard-partying lifestyle after a near-death experience when he was a teenager and became a rabbi now sees surging success with his newest single.
Rabbi Moshe Reuven Sheradsky, 31, has hit the...
Eurovision organizers reject calls to expel Israel
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday reaffirmed that Israel will be allowed to compete amid the war against Hamas, rejecting parallels drawn by pro-Palestinian activists with Russia’s exclusion from the competition over its...
‘Dog, it’s a yarmulke,’ sings Ben Shapiro, ‘America’s no. 1 rapper’
"America’s no. 1 rapper," reads Ben Shapiro's X profile.
The anti-woke song "Facts" by Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald which features co-founder of The Daily Wire—clad in a gray hoodie with the words "Facts don't care about...
Kanye West to release 40-minute ‘apology video’ before new album launch
“Ye” (Kanye West), the Grammy-winning musician-turned-neo-Nazi-advocate, will reportedly attempt another effort to offer forgiveness for the antisemitic invective he made on social-media platforms in 2022.
Sources told the entertainment journalism site TMZ that weeks ago, he had...
Manouchehr Bibiyan, Iranian entertainment producer and ‘proud Jew,’ dies at 90
Manouchehr Bibiyan, a pioneering Iranian-American Jewish entertainment producer and political activist died on Aug. 27 in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old.
Bibiyan became Iran’s first and most successful modern pop-music recording producer, having...
Stav Festival to fuse Israeli art, stage and musical performances
The Israeli Artists Project is holding the Stav Festival, named after the Hebrew word for “fall,” from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29 in New York City.
With participation from 100-plus Israeli artists, the program offers a...
Chassidic singer ‘Dedi’ Graucher dies at age 62
After years fighting a serious illness, Oded Dovid (“Dedi”) Graucher died in Jerusalem on Sept. 11.
Graucher rose to prominence following the release of his second album, 1993’s “Ratza” with its epic title track making him famous...
Holocaust-memory program centers on World War II-era musical instruments
After World War II, Palestine Symphony Orchestra musicians who wanted nothing to do with their German-made instruments offered Moshe Weinstein an ultimatum.
Weinstein had trained as a violinist and violin maker in Vilnius, then part...
No apology from rapper Noname for antisemitism in new album
It’s difficult to keep the names straight, particularly because one of the rappers performs under the monicker “Noname.” That part can get confusing, though the antisemitism is clear.
The lyrics to the song “Balloons” by...