Chava Alberstein

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, is an important date in the country’s history. It marks the 31st anniversary of the presentation of credentials by Saad…

IT WAS not exactly coincidental that Aish HaTorah, at its annual Boneh Yerushalayim Dinner, chose to honor four women in the week prior to the Torah…

1. FILM : ‘TRON: LEGACY’ The Master Control Program is booted back up in this revamped Tron continuation that sees the return of original star Jeff…

What do you get when you take a 1980s Hebrew classic, cross it with gypsy folk music and klezmer, stir in some Eastern European tunes and season with…

My grandmother explained once, “as I get older, I think more and more often about my childhood.” It would seem that Rina Schenfeld shares this…

You wouldn’t expect the coastal city of Ashkelon to be a breeding ground for the earthy blues and Thejazz singing and piano playing that Ruth Dolores…

Israel marches to a different tune: a genre of songs known as Shirei Eretz Yisrael, or Zemer Ivri. Sometimes I think it could be described as “guns…

Two unforgettable events remain with me from my last visit to Israel: a kiss and a hug. The kiss was perpetrated on Rehov Jabotinsky, an apartment…

A group of Jewish and Arab women from Jaffa are featured on Israeli folksinger Chava Alberstein’s new album Baruch Haba, released this week in time…

I was born and raised in London and although I long ago gave up drinking tea with milk, I still have the lower-middle-class tendency to swallow the…

The Israel Opera and a host of singers will pay tribute to Israel Prize-winning songwriters Nachum Heiman and Dubi Zeltzer. Singing with the Rishon…

When you're talking about titans of new Israeli poetry they don't come much bigger than the late Israel Prize recipients Dahlia Ravikovitch and…

From Seattle grunge prototypes Mudhoney and European progressive rock veterans Gong to homegrown heroes like Rita and Mati Caspi, the upcoming Tel…

Don't let Tamar Eisenman's diminutive stature fool you - she's a musical heavyweight. The 27-year-old, Jerusalem-based rocker's brand of self-titled…

Sixty-eight percent of those who made aliya from the United States in 2008 were affiliated with the Orthodox world. This is a fact. This sector of…

The Suzanne Dellal Dance Center at Neveh Zedek in Tel Aviv is celebrating its 20th birthday with a three-week dance and music bash from May 14 to…

Passing thought... Sir, - We can all rejoice that "Passover" is coming early this year - with the installation of the new government ("Netanyahu set…

As a teenager, I was fascinated by the Golem. Twenty years later, I would illustrate Elie Wiesel's The Golem: The Story of A Legend. The drawings for…

AMONG THE Israel Prize winners this year are Nachum Heiman and Dubi Zeltzer, two of Israel's leading and most productive composers. Heiman is also a…

The organizers of the very first event dedicated to Jewish and Israeli music held in Austria obviously did their homework. Over the two days (Sep 13…