“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis H. Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...

New York Jewish Week — After she finished her compulsory military service as a singer in an IDF performing arts troupe, Israeli folk singer Bat Ella wasn’t sure how she would incorporate music into ...

“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...

After a packed, overly scheduled workweek, I love the slow, relaxed tempo of Friday night Shabbos dinner with my family and friends. What makes it stand out are not only the delightful tastes and ...

YILAN, Taiwan (JTA) — It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge ...

This week's hounds were captured by a one-woman show about her first trip to Israel, a collection of paintings which take the viewer on an ethnic grocery store adventure, and a folk duo which favors ...

As taxi driver Salem Mallahi goes about his daily work on the streets of Gaza City, he always listens to music. In the past couple of months, however, new and unlikely music tapes have started filling ...

Udi Raveh is the son of Ilka and Aviva Raveh, famous Israeli singers who were the pioneers of some of the first Israeli folk songs, even before the establishment of the state of Israel. Ilka and Aviva ...

Hebrew teacher Josef Begun arrived in Moscow Monday to a jubilant homecoming celebration that included Hebrew folk songs and dances performed during a light snowfall. Begun, 54, was accompanied by his ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mohammed Abu Khadir, a slightly-built youth with piercing brown eyes, loved Arab folk dancing. Naftali Fraenkel, a strapping, red-haired youngster, strummed Hebrew folk music on ...