Brooks Arthur brings stars’ hearts and humor to ‘Jewish Songbook’ CD
Naomi Pfefferman
June 19, 2008
Music producer Brooks Arthur turns nostalgic with a new CD of classic Jewish music
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Melding world’s sounds, Ben Ari seeks harmony
Meredith Price
June 12, 2008
He\’s been called the Israeli Bob Marley and the king of Israeli soul. Others claim that he may be the call to prayer that we\’ve all been waiting for from the Middle East
Festival-goers this year can party under the moonlight
Celia Soudry
May 15, 2008
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For Yoram Gutman, the Israel Independence Day Festival is a yearlong effort.
‘The Comfort Girls’ satisfy in three part harmony
Orit Arfa
May 8, 2008
The desert air was balmy and hot. The almost-full moon hung over palm trees and the fireflies glittered amid a spotlight\’s beam. More than 1,000 people sat on the blanketed stone bleachers of the outdoor amphitheater at Mineral Beach for the Passover Dead Sea Music Festival, waiting patiently for the Israeli trio, HaBanot Nechama (translated as \”Comfort Girls\”), to hit the stage.
Israel to rock the Kodak but hoping for more glam
Dikla Kadosh
May 8, 2008
Rami Kleinstein music video \’Winds of War\’ ( Hebrew)
In planning the May 10 celebratory \”Israel at 60\” megaconcert for Hollywood\’s Kodak Theatre, the producers went down the A-list of Jewish celebrities, requesting their presence at what is hoped to be the grandest celebration in Los Angeles of Israel\’s 60th year of independence.
House of Repentance: Where no one is beyond redemption
Roberto Loiederman
April 24, 2008
In the small lobby, a teenage boy with blondish hair sits passively on a couch, staring at the wall, not reacting to the threats thrown his way. His mother, her face puffy from crying, pleads with her husband, the boy\’s enraged stepfather, who slams in and out of the building, furiously yelling that the boy stole his car and his money to buy drugs
Get ready to sing . . . Hatikvah!
Shoshana Lewin Fischer
April 24, 2008
In 1886, Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia, wrote the words to Israel\’s national anthem, \”Hatikvah.\” Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, wrote the melody
Segway inventor Dean Kamen brings his high-tech vision to Israel
Dina Kraft
April 24, 2008
Dean Kamen, the multimillionaire inventor renowned for the Segway personal transporter, traveled to Israel with a message for teenagers: Careers in science will help make them the rock stars of their generation
Celebrating Israel’s 60th, Skirball Style
Tom Tugend
April 18, 2008
There are many ways to celebrate Israel\’s 60th anniversary, and the Skirball Cultural Center is leading with its strength by offering a series of wide-ranging programs of art shows, music, film and lectures.
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