It seems that as of late almost everyone, including the Hillary Clinton, has been talking about women in Israel. Whether it is women in the army, on advertisements, or the gym at the Technion. While there are definitely misogynistic Israelis and much that could be improved, I think that many people have an over simplified [...]
As the week of Abba/Daddy/Christmas-gate ends, I thought that this was an appropriate song to hear. סן פרנסיסקו אריק איינשטיין מילים: אריק איינשטיין לחן: שלום חנוך יושב בסן פרנסיסקו על המים שוטף את העיניים בכחול ובירוק יפה בסן פרנסיסקו על המים אז איך זה שאני מרגיש רחוק. ממול האווזים, שטים בין הסירות וגשר הזהב יפה [...]
Danny Sanderson, who has been an important figure in Israeli music since the 1970′s, is 61 year old today. The first video is from his early days with Poogy. The second is a more recent one, a duet with Ninet Tayeb.
Here are some modern renditions of the traditional piyyut Adon ha-Selichot (English). The first is an instrumental version by Nikmat ha-Tractor (The Tractor’s Revenge). This version was released in 1990, years before modern renditions of piyyutim became very popular. http://glz.fm/music/traktor.mp3 The second version is another instrumental version performed by Eli Dali. This is by Koby [...]
Last week, the Israeli rock singer Barry Sacharoff paid a visit to the Chabad affiliated beit midrash in Tel Aviv, Bayit Ḥadash le-Midrash. Below are some videos of what resulted from that visit. For more on the visit, see this article (Hebrew) from Ynet.
Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist for the E Street Band, died today at the age of 69 of complications from a stroke. It is hard to describe the close relationship that Bruce and Clarence have had for the last forty years. Since they met on a stormy night in Asbury Park in the early 1970′s, they [...]
Today is Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, so below is a video of Dylan singing one of his most famous songs, Like a Rolling Stone. I also included a few of the dozens of covers of the song done by other artists. For those who really want to read up on the song and its influence, [...]
Mika Karni (bio on Hebrew Wikipedia) is a popular Israeli singer who has recently become involved with teaching music to groups of Israeli religious women. Below are two videos. The first is from this article about the religious music school Mizmor. The second (in Hebrew) is from this Ynet article about a female a cappela [...]
Many people are familiar with the solemn musical version of Ani Ma’amin. As Yom ha-Shoah approaches, it is worthwhile recalling the origins of this tune. The Modzizter Hasidim were known for their niggunim, and it was a Modzizter hasid, Reb Azriel David Fastag, who reportedly composed this version of Ani Ma’amin while in a train [...]
There are many reasons that help explain the popularity of Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, and a recent controversy in Israel helps illuminate one of them. Yesterday, the popular singer Yehoram Gaon said, among other things, that Mizrahi music was a “natural disaster” and “garbage.” Justifiably, Gaon, who happens to be from a Sephardic family of Balkan [...]
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