Israeli music
Why a cheesy competition with bad music and outrageous costumes matters.
The Eurovision contest and the mini-marts.
Naomi Shemer’s “Let It Be.”
From Independence Day celebrations to Eurovision.
For all these things . . .
The new era of religious inquisitiveness.
Mizraḥi pop is insistently innocent, patriotic, and local.
He brought Zionist folk songs to America.
Why Yemenite-Israeli music enjoys a surprising popularity in the Arab world.
Israeli pop music is turning to Jewish tradition for inspiration.
Aryeh Tepper, an American-born scholar and writer, discusses the musical traditions of Jews from Islamic lands, contemporary Mizrahi popular music in Israel, and his own,. . .
For most people, “Jewish music” implies klezmer, East European folk tunes, or liturgical compositions. But for over a century, Jewish composers have created art music. . .