Backstreet Boys scrap Israel shows due to Gaza crisis
Jewish Journal
July 21, 2014
The Backstreet Boys canceled three sold-out concerts in Israel due to the Gaza conflict.
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Michael Feinstein sings Gershwin
Jewish Journal
July 16, 2014
George Gershwin has been dead since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s second term. Ira Gershwin left this world during the height of the Reagan administration.
Sinead O’Connor trying to back out of Israel concert
Jewish Journal
June 18, 2014
Sinead O’Connor said she will try to back out of a scheduled performance in Israel because she was unaware that she had been asked to boycott by pro-Palestinian groups.
Satisfaction for Israeli Stones fans: Band has arrived
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2014
The Rolling Stones arrived in Israel two days before their scheduled Tel Aviv concert.\n
In Brussels, a tragic note to a Jewish student singing tour
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2014
Moments before they were scheduled to start singing at an impromptu memorial vigil outside the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the 13 members of Yale University’s Jewish a cappella group were still unsure what number to perform.
Drake cancels Philadelphia concert
Jewish Journal
October 21, 2013
Drake’s tour is off to a rocky start, much to the disappointment of fans in Philadelphia. His show there Saturday night was postponed an hour after it was set to begin due to a mechanical problem, according to Philly.com.
Summer Sneaks calendar
Ryan Torok
May 31, 2013
More than 20 dramas, documentaries, comedies, foreign language films and shorts will be shown at seven venues from Thousand Oaks to Beverly Hills.
Streisand to perform two stadium concerts in Tel Aviv
Jewish Journal
March 18, 2013
Barbra Streisand will perform two Tel Aviv concerts in Israel in addition to performing at the 90th birthday celebration for President Shimon Peres.
Multifaith concert to express ‘Unity’
Ryan Torok
November 8, 2012
Craig Taubman, the singer/composer/maestro known for bringing large-scale cultural events to synagogues and other venues across town, is hoping for an audience of 2,000 for his upcoming interfaith concert at Sinai Temple on Nov. 15.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers heat up the Holyland
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2012
The Red Hot Chili Peppers made their first visit to Israel on Sept. 10, but the band member who stole the show wasn’t even onstage. Hillel Slovak – the group’s Israeli-American guitarist and co-founder – died tragically of a heroin overdose in 1988, but his presence was felt throughout every moment of the raucous performance in Tel Aviv.
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