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Israelity Tour teases trips with an Israeli beat

Dikla Kadosh February 14, 2008

In a move that echoes this fusion of cultural exposure and music, the Taglit-Birthright Israel Alumni Association, recently rebranded as Birthright Israel Next, has launched the Israelity Tour — a seven-city West Coast concert extravaganza aimed at exposing young American Jews to Israeli culture, promoting the free 10-day educational trips to Israel for 18- to 26-year-olds, as well as cultivating the connections alumni of the trip have already made to the Holy Land and one another.

Theater: Sax on the mic molds music into ‘Clay’

Karla S. Blume September 28, 2007

Since the beginning of human history, man has struggled to figure out the meaning of life. Writer and solo performer Matt Sax\’s hip-hop musical, \”Clay,\” doesn\’t just explain the notion of pain and struggle, but makes audiences part of the cure.

Trio of performers aiming for bite of pop music pie

George Robinson September 14, 2007

The Chasidic reggae singer\’s success has bred a whole new kind of dream among Jewish music acts. Even if most of them won\’t say it, one suspects that every one of them wants to be \”the next Matisyahu.\” Here are three gifted candidates for crossover success:

A Night at the Fais Do-Do

Robert David Jaffee October 5, 2006

Just south of the 10 Freeway, in a nondescript part of Culver City stands Club Fais Do-Do.

Versatile Israeli Violinist Gains ‘Dream’ Hip-Hop Hit

Loolwa Khazzoom August 31, 2006

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.

For Musicians, It’s Good to Be Labeled

George Robinson May 4, 2006

When Chasidic reggae-rapper Matisyahu sold 350,000 units of his new album, \”Youth,\” in the first weeks after its release, he redrew the rule book for marketing Jewish music.

Spectator – A Musical Trek to Israel

George Robinson April 27, 2006

For 2,000 years, Jewish music has been a hybrid compounded of elements picked up from our neighbors. Salamone Rossi created Italian Baroque settings of Hebrew texts. Chasidic niggunim drew on Viennese waltz music and Eastern European military marches. Sulzer and Lewandowski wrote like German Protestants. In the Diaspora, Jewish music has always been a hyphenate.

Cultural Mix Inspires Revenge’s Warfield

Karla S. Blume April 27, 2006

Justin Warfield, the monotone-voiced, seductive lead singer and co-songwriter of the local nouveau and dark-wave group, She Wants Revenge, has roots that stretch across the city, and truth be told, he really doesn\’t feel any tinge of revenge these days, because his band\’s moody, dance-club-beat debut self-titled album has not only conquered the radio waves nationally, but is about to take on the avid audience at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival this weekend, too.

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