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How can a Grateful Dead celebration counter Iran's threat on Israel - comment

David Brinn discusses whether he should brave a trip to a concert in Tel Aviv given Iran's threats, or stay home and live with caution.

|ByDAVID BRINN
PARTICIPANTS GROOVE at  Dead Gathering in the Arava in 2022.
THE DARK STAR ORCHESTRA poses with its fans at the end of its Berlin show, last week.

Truckin’ to Berlin with Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra

A Grateful Dead tribute band – with help from its merry flock of followers – faithfully recreates the 50th anniversary of a legendary 1972 tour of Europe.

|ByDAVID BRINN
THE ELEVATORS with Aryeh Naftali (left).

Israeli Grateful Dead cover band, The Elevators, to play farewell show

The show will be at the band's most-played venue, Mike's Place in Jerusalem.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ITAMAR BECK, blues harpist who has been a regular at the Dead Gatherings.

Spirit of the Dead still rising in the South

Eran Remler has been holding an increasingly popular grassroots festival called Dead Gatherings in honor of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia.

|ByBARRY DAVIS

Grammy-winning producer plays up musical rabbi's Jewish folk

“I was pretty knocked out by the fact that she took these profound prayers and transferred them in a way that everybody in the room could relate to, and it was a very uplifting evening.”

DECEMBER 1, 2018ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Rolling Stones Ron Wood (L), Keith Richards (C) and Mick Jagger perform during a concert on the band's "A Bigger Bang" European tour in Warsaw, July 25,2007

How the Grateful Dead live on in Israel

The annual Dead Gathering in Israel marks a solid decade of celebrating the band.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018ByDAVID BRINN
LAST YEAR’S Dead Gathering.

Deadheads unite - in the desert

The ninth annual Grateful Dead Gathering will take place this weekend under the stars.

NOVEMBER 7, 2017ByDAVID BRINN
The Grateful Dead (1970).