Bar-Ilan’s Days of Jewish Music festival explores global Jewish sounds under the theme “Melodies of Hope. ” What could be more instantly recognizable than Jewish music, right? Many of us – of the

Young Jews navigate blocked playlists, and grapple with the message being sent by some of their favorite performers.

The Israeli Jazz project by French photographer Raphael Perez introduces the world to something it may not fully be aware of—Israeli jazz musicians who have made a name for themselves. And there are quite a few of them. Over the past 20 years, Israel has ...

Yuval Raphael, 2025: a Nova music festival survivor who lived through October 7 by hiding for hours in a concrete bunker beneath a pile of bodies, coached before her performance on how to handle the boos coming for her,

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About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president of his record label.

Ms Conway, who became a household name in the 1980s as a singer-songwriter, says she faced backlash for publicly declaring herself as a Zionist even before the group was leaked. She described Zionism as central to being Jewish, explaining it as a belief Jews have a right to exist in Israel as their ancestral homeland.