LimmudLA: Chance encounters, many choices
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
February 22, 2008
Diary of activities at LimmudLA.
Category
music
Calendar Girls picks, clicks and kicks for February 16 – 22
Dikla Kadosh
February 15, 2008
Calendar Girls picks, clicks and kicks for February 16 – 22
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.
Making music the Algerian Jewish way
Loolwa Khazzoom
February 1, 2008
In the four decades of his accomplished career, global electronica DJ Cheb i Sabbah — a Berber Jew from Algeria now living in California — has specialized in crossing barriers among nationalities and working with artists of all religions and ethnicities. His latest album, \”Devotion,\” released Jan. 29, features spiritual music from Pakistan and neighboring countries performed by musicians from Southeast Asia. As tensions and violence continue to mount in Pakistan, this album provides a mystical soundtrack for transcendence, reminding listeners that human spirit is one thread connecting us all. On the occasion of his Los Angeles album release party on Feb. 2 at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, The Jewish Journal caught up with this boundary-defying musician.
The Idan Raichel Project in Los Angeles
Danielle Berrin
December 28, 2007
Israeli music sensation Idan Raichel, creator of The Idan Raichel Project shares his thoughts with Danielle Berrin of Jewish Journal.com before his Nov. 2007 performance at UCLA\’s Royce Hall
Comedy singer drawn to Jewish thought — but not shul
George Robinson
December 14, 2007
It is commonplace that the best comedy is essentially serious. Of course, clichÃÂ(c)s often have an underlying truth, so maybe that explains why Rob Tannenbaum, one half of the comedy-music duo, Good for the Jews, playing at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 14, is both a very funny guy, and nevertheless someone who discusses his work in surprisingly sober terms.
‘Inside Idan Raichel’ — it’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it
Danielle Berrin
November 30, 2007
Idan Raicehl concert, Ed Begley Jr. presents Thomas Edison Energy Awards.
Master of musical fusion blends klezmer with salsa
Roberto Loiederman
November 23, 2007
Practitioners of world music are constantly exploring ways to fuse disparate musical strains in new and interesting ways. Given all that, it should not be a surprise that there is a new group that combines klezmer with salsa. Odessa/Havana — \”The Explosive Jewish/Cuban Musical Mash-Up\” — a musical project that brings together these two musical traditions in a jazz context will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Tom Brokaw, social documentary photos and controlling your closet
Dikla Kadosh
November 9, 2007
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