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Versatile Israeli Violinist Gains ‘Dream’ Hip-Hop Hit

For Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari, doing the unexpected is standard fodder; so it should come as no surprise that her new single, \”Symphony of Brotherhood\” (featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.\’s \”I Have a Dream\” speech weaving in and out of an extended string solo) topped the charts just one month after its radio release.

Sex, Drugs and…Lots of Jews?

In the introduction to his new book, Guy Oseary – the maverick Maverick music exec responsible for signing Alanis Morrissette and Prodigy onto Madonna\’s label (which he now runs) – writes, \”I was born in Israel and moved to the United States when I was 8 years old. I can still remember how excited I was when I learned that some of my favorite musicians were Jewish – it made me feel proud of my Judaic background and where I came from.\”

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