Daniel Zamir

Information on events in and around Jerusalem may be submitted to injerusalemevents@ gmail.com, or mailed to In Jerusalem, PO Box 81, 91000…

The irony is not lost on Toronto filmmaker Igal Hecht that after making 46 documentaries over the last decade or so – most of them focusing on Israel…

Compared to such ancient cities as Jerusalem, Acre, Safed and Jaffa, Petah Tikva is a baby. But in relation to the modern Zionist settlements, it is…

Strike up the band. A new music school is for the first time ever offering musical studies in an atmosphere that religious students can tolerate. The…

A brief description of the jazz club at Mitzpe Ramon may, to the unsuspecting ear, convey a sense of the surreal, if not the downright weird. Still,…

This year’s Givatayim Jazz Festival will offer a mix of genres over its three-day program. The festival, which takes place for the ninth year at…

The IDF's OC Manpower Maj- Gen. Avi Zamir condemned on Monday a letter from a senior officer in the Military Rabbinate that advised army rabbis to…

Hesder yeshiva heads declared Sunday night they would fight any attempts by the IDF to penalize the Har Bracha Yeshiva, whose head, Rabbi Eliezer…

n IS NUMBER 8 Rehov Harav Kook becoming the new communications center in Jerusalem? It would seem so, judging by the number of…

The annual Piano Festival, which takes place on Wednesday through Saturday, is something of a fig leaf - but strictly of the best kind. Considering…

For three evenings encompassing Yom Kippur, the trendy Tel Aviv venue, Levontin 7, will offer the public the opportunity to atone for a year of…

Members of Cairo's Jewish community may have prevented 45 Israeli Jews of Egyptian descent from touring the country, the president of the Israeli…

Fans of the freer side of the jazz scene are in for a treat at the end of March when John Zorn and his entourage fly in. Between March 29 and April 2…

Netanel Hershtik and Eran KleinSide B(self-release)Currently serving as the chief cantor of the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, the gig that he has…

With roughly half a dozen annual jazz festivals, Israel, in proportion to its population, must have one of the most active jazz scenes in the world.…

The second Jerusalem International Jazz festival, running Wednesday through Friday (June 19-22), proves that the capital has earned a place in…

International Chabadnik hip-hop reggae sensation Matisyahu is particular about the company he keeps this time of year. According to a report in…

From February 20-23, Jazz will reign in Tel Aviv. The 18th year of the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival will commence at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque on Tuesday,…

The Boogie is alive again. More of a "happening" than a club, with more "movement" than dancing, the Boogie convenes somewhat regularly at…

Bassist Noar Carmi is a first-call studio musician and a former member of the two most influential Israeli ethnic music ensembles, Bustan Avraham and…