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Whitney Houston, who called Israel visit a ‘spiritual retreat,’ is dead at 48
American pop star Whitney Houston, who reportedly told then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a trip to Israel in 2003 that "I feel at home," has died at the age of 48.
Madonna to begin world tour in Israel
Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.
Fred Weintraub: The Serendipitous Producer
Fred Weintraub is not merely an eyewitness to the history of American pop culture. As we discover in his wholly winning memoir, “Bruce Lee, Woodstock and Me: From the Man Behind a Half-Century of Music, Movies and Martial Arts” (Brooktree Canyon Press: $28.95), he was a featured player.
Opinion: Debbie Friedman’s gift
One evening last February, 1,500 people poured into the vast sanctuary of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, filling every inch.
Turkish Jews celebrate country’s Eurovision pick, but singer would prefer quiet about his religion
Turkey's Jews are pleased as can be that for the first time, a Jew will be representing their country at the Eurovision song contest.
Woman publishes a slightly creepy ‘How to Look Like Drake’ video
Does Loud & Greasy = Old?
Clergy push Debbie Friedman song
About two weeks before she died, Debbie Friedman stood with Rabbi Joy Levitt at the piano in Levitt’s Manhattan apartment, and she shared with her friend a melody that the legendary singer and composer would never have the chance to record.
The honorable title for Leopold Koz?owski
Burlesque star Betty Q on a Chanukah event in Krakow…charming
Holiday Card Etiquette
In the beginning, there was Monterey
One way to mark the chronology of the counterculture, a pastime that is beloved by the baby boomers, is by reference to rock festivals. Woodstock and Altamont, for example, are now fully transformed into transcendent symbols of life and death, good and evil, the beginning and end of something. But the real starting point, the uber-festival, was Monterey.
Apres le beard: Matisyahu takes the stage in Boulder
When Matisyahu, the 32-year-old Chasidic reggae superstar, appeared onstage for the first time since shaving his trademark beard, no one in the audience at the Boulder Theater seemed surprised.
Opinion: On Matisyahu's beard
On Tuesday, December 13, Chassidic reggae-star Matisyahu Tweeted: This morning I posted a photo of myself on Twitter. No more Chassidic reggae superstar.
Handy Hazzan is Hanukkah Hazzan - Making Dreydls Out of Clay Today!
Bigger than the beard, Matisyahu move marks ongoing spiritual journey
The world's most famous Chasidic Jew has shaved his beard. With a declaration Tuesday morning that he was "reclaiming" himself, Jewish music star Matisyahu -- a.k.a. Matthew Miller -- shaved his signature beard and wrote, "No more Chassidic reggae superstar."
Klezmer music radical. Can it be? About Daniel Kahn
Pump up the volume: Music propels the way to a rededicated Jewish life
My 3-year-old son is obsessed with showing people his room, sidling sheepishly over to guests and asking, “Can I show you my room?”
Beastie Boys to join Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame
The Beastie Boys are to be inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.
Interfaith music, with soul
The Baptist pastor and the Orthodox rabbi’s daughter walk onstage. This isn’t the beginning of a groan-inducing joke told over a couple of beers — it’s what celebrated Jewish singer/songwriter Neshama Carlebach does every time she performs with the Rev. Roger Hambrick and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir. And while the relationship might seem somewhat unusual, for Carlebach, it’s produced the sort of excitement and joy she yearns for in her artistic life.
Did Israel exploit Amy Winehouse?
Klezmer Music’s Revival Still Going — 25 Years On
Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform in Israel after ten year rain check
Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Tel Aviv
The Red Hot Chili Peppers inked a deal to perform in Israel a decade after the rock band canceled a performance at the last minute.
Yossi Klein Halevi on “Peoplehood and Identity in Contemporary Israeli Music”
Yossi Klein Halevi talks to UCLA's Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israeli Studies.
Hora Jerusalem flash mob [VIDEO]
Miri Ben-Ari, Hip-hop Grammy Award-winner, uses talent to better the world
Ozomatli: Band of the people
The Latin band Ozomatli is rocking out on the flatbed of a truck parked on a closed-down Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. It’s a Saturday in early November, and the band is playing for a motley group of aging and 20-something hippies, union workers and even some Jews from the Westside, all of whom are dancing in the street a few hundred yards from the Occupy L.A. encampment on the grounds outside City Hall.
Israeli singer Noa sings for peace, not politics
Adam Lambert keeps his lips to himself at last night’s AMA awards
Mac Miller and a generation of Jewish hip-hop
Google Music Launch Party | Guest Star Appearance: Drake
Jewish teen rapper’s album tops Billboard chart [VIDEO]
A Jewish teen rapper has had his first album debuted at the top of Billboard 200 chart.
Gene Simmons to save the day
A 6-year-old’s interpretation of Greenday’s ‘Holiday’ song…
On fire
The old stereotype of Mizrahi music — an Israeli genre created by immigrant Jews from North African and Arab countries — was of teary, sorrowful love ballads: tales of lost loves, broken hearts and dashed hopes. You could say Mizrahi music was Israel’s version of country music.
With ‘New Soul,’ a new beginning
Yael Naim might need to have her head checked out. Take her word for it.
L. A. Bargains at Rent.Food.Broke.
El Camino by LA Gypsy
Idan Raichel: From the Personal to the Universal
Israeli megastar Idan Raichel launched his music career as a keyboardist for various other Israeli artists, with the hope of one day producing his own albums. In his first attempt to do so, Raichel created a studio in his parents’ basement in Kfar Saba and began recording anonymous singers from very different cultural backgrounds, including Ethiopians, Arabs, South Africans and Yemenites. His multilingual music was unique, emotional, inspirational and, most important, relatable.
The Maccabeats spoof OneRepublic in ‘Book of Good Life’ [VIDEO]
Rosh Hashanah parody of "Good Life" by OneRepublic
iTunes labels Jewish music as ‘Christian & Gospel’
Apple's iTunes has labeled some of the most well-known Jewish and Hasidic singers in the online music store "Christian & Gospel" section.
‘Israeli Idol’ Diana Golbi brings act and message to U.S.
For her first visit to New York and the United States, Diana Golbi adopted the unofficial uniform of most city dwellers -- head-to-toe black. Black shirt, black top and tight black jeans. Her long brown hair was straight and hung past her shoulders.
This week in power: Obama, Egypt, Mel Gibson, Kosher Facebook
From Jewish roots, band sprouts afro/new wave wings
Luke Top and Lewis Pesacov of Fool’s Gold are surprised they don’t have a larger Jewish fan base. Most of the songs on the band’s 2009 self-titled debut are in Hebrew, vocalist Top was born in Israel, and earlier this year the band played Jewlicious, a music festival for Jewish college students.
Dip your apples, it’s Rosh Hashanah
A Rosh Hashanah musical parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads
Elfman circles back to the circus
Danny Elfman is a huge success, but he doesn't want you to know it. Humility is a hard thing to hang your hat on when you've accumulated four Academy Award nominations, taken home a Grammy, and an Emmy and written some of the most popular theme music of all time, notably for “The Simpsons” and his many collaboration with filmmaker Tim Burton. But that doesn't stop Elfman from trying.
The romanticism of Matt Nathanson
Pop-folkie Matt Nathanson had just returned from hanging in Hawaii, but it was a vacation he only enjoyed “50 percent,” he said.
Persian Jewish Von Trapp offers new spin on penitence
Growing up, Galeet Dardashti toured and performed with her father, Farid, a renowned cantor, performing Middle Eastern and Persian music throughout the United States and Canada as part of The Dardashti Family.
Israeli Philharmonic will play in London despite protest
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the prestigious BBC Proms in London despite calls for a boycott of its performance.
Hava Nagila: The Movie
What are the origins of Hava Nagila
Jerry Leiber, 78, co-wrote “Hound Dog” and other hits
Jerry Leiber, who spoke Yiddish as his first language, was hounded by anti-Semites on the streets of Baltimore as a child, and became one of the creators of rock 'n' roll as half of the most celebrated songwriting duo of all time, died at 78 in Los Angeles.
French music renegade is re-discovered
Although he is not widely known in the United States, the French-Jewish composer, lyricist, musician and singer Serge Gainsbourg is a legend in his native country.
This week in power: Tent City, Debt deal, Norway aftermath, Alan Gross
Kanye West compares himself to Hitler
The popular rapper Kanye West was booed at a concert in England after comparing himself to Hitler.
This week in power: Cantor, Arab Spring, Gay marriage, Amy Winehouse
Israeli orchestra to play Wagner piece in Germany
The Israel Chamber Orchestra plans to perform a composition by Richard Wagner in Germany, breaking an Israel taboo against playing the anti-Semitic composer’s music.
Family of singer Amy Winehouse: Give us space to grieve
The family of troubled singing star Amy WInehouse, who was found dead in her London home, has asked for privacy to grieve.
British Jewish singer Amy Winehouse found dead
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Two Israeli films take Berlin festival prizes
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Traditional Eastern European masters Michael Alpert (accordion, vocals) and Julian Kytasty (bandura) perform a special concert that blends the musical traditions of the Pale of Settlement. Part of the YidARTS 2012 season, the program features lyrical love songs, ballads of
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