Many people refer to Kleinstein as the Israeli Billy Joel, mainly for the similarities in their melodic, piano-based songs about love and life. But the parallels don’t end there. For any new immigrant ...

Israel has unveiled the song that will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, set to take place in Vienna in less than three months. The entry, titled “Michelle,” was announced on ...

A year-and-a-half after dropping his debut English-language track “Sucks to Know You (FU),” Israeli singer and songwriter Mergui has announced the release of his sophomore EP, Shadows of Blue, out May ...

There is a very small chance that you are not aware of the crisis currently unfolding in Israel. Pictures of destruction fill our screens, and headlines continue to announce death tolls and count the ...

Israel’s Eurovision team have struggled to create a non-political song against the background of strong international feeling over the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The Israeli entry for this year’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MATTI CASPI performs in 2015. (photo credit: GERSHON ELINSON/FLASH90) The family said in a statement, “With aching hearts and deep ...

In March, Rivka Halperin was watching KAN, a satellite Israeli TV station, from her home in New York when she excitedly heard about Israel’s song choice for the 69th annual Eurovision Song Contest, ...

Yiddish is the language of the Jews of Eastern Europe and all the places to which they spread. It is the language of socialists and capitalists, the Partisans who fought the Nazis and most of the ...

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Sweden on Thursday to oppose the participation of an Israeli contestant in the semifinals of the massively popular Eurovision Song Contest.

Every song has a story, and given the prevalence of Jewish musicians, it’s often a Jewish story. True for ” Hatikvah ” and ” By Mir Bistdu Shoen,” but also for “White Christmas”—or even “Ave Maria.” ...

Matti Caspi, one of Israel’s greatest musicians, passed away early on Sunday morning. He was 76 years old. Caspi announced in May 2025 that he was ill with cancer that had metastasized throughout his ...