music

Eden or the Promised Land motifs in Robert Browning and Dylan Thomas

Poets orientations toward either the past or the future find expression in certain recurrent metaphors.

By SHOSHANA TITA
03/05/2025

Pogues, Thin Lizzy among dozens of bands to defend Kneecap’s ‘freedom of expression’

“In a democracy, no political figures or political parties should have the right to dictate who does and does not play at music festivals," their statement said.

By BEN SALES/JTA
03/05/2025

Kehlani responds to Cornell concert cancellation: ‘I am not antisemitic’

“I am being asked and called to clarify and make a statement yet again, for the millionth time, that I am not antisemitic, nor anti-Jew,” said Kehlani in an Instagram video Sunday.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
01/05/2025

'We do not support Hamas, Hezbollah': Kneecap walks back pro-terror statements

The Irish band said that it condemned all attacks on civilians, given its nation's complex and violent history.

By REUTERS
29/04/2025
 Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael

Independence Day 2025: 77+1 reasons I love Israel

Ahead of Israel's Independence Day, Barbara Sofer presents her annual list of things she loves about the Jewish state.

Israel Independence Day 2025: 77 reasons life is better in the Jewish state

As the Jewish state turns 77 on Independence Day, olim from across the country give 77 reasons why life in Israel is better.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 25 – May 1

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Sharon Osbourne calls for Kneecap to lose US visas after anti-Israel Coachella performance

Osbourne’s call comes as the State Department cracks down on what it has called “Hamas sympathizers,” seeking to deport or bar from entry pro-Palestinian activists.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
24/04/2025
 ISRAELI CONDUCTOR Omer Meir Wellber.

Vienna remembers the Holocaust with music

Israeli-led operas at Vienna’s Volksoper explore Holocaust memory, blending Ullmann’s defiance with Mozart’s Requiem in a stirring musical dialogue.

By VICTORIA MARTYNOV
24/04/2025

For the first time: The Israeli Jazz Festival in Lehavim

The jazz club in the southern town of Lehavim, operating with the support of the Lehavim Council and Lehavim Community Center, will host an Israeli jazz festival for the first time.

By SHEVA DAROM
22/04/2025
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