Building a stronger Israel, one song at a time!
We’ve all seen the quarantine videos. The ones where celebrity musicians jam together at home from locations all over the world, usually with unbelievable results. You may have said to yourself, “boy, I wish I could make one of those cool videos!” Well, the amazing folks at Koolulam recently made […]
The creativity coming out of Israel in the days of Corona has been nothing short of amazing. Despite the challenges of gathering in person, Israeli artists have collaborated online like never before, and the musical results are breathtaking. This week, Israel Hour Radio looks at the Israeli music of Passover […]
Who Knows One is one of the most-beloved seder songs in the entire Haggadah. Sure, it signifies the end (almost) of a very long night…but its easy-to-learn melody and repetitive lyrics also make it a lot of fun to sing. But Passover 2020 was, indeed, different from all other nights. […]
The title of Israel’s national anthem – and its main rallying cry – may be “Hatikvah”, the hope. But today, Israel’s new message is “stay home”. An all-star cross-section of Israel’s musical community united today to urge Israelis to stay home during the Coronavirus crisis. And they did it in […]
If you were going into quarantine and could take only ONE Israeli CD (remember those?) with you, which would it be? That’s the question we asked our Facebook group recently, and received some pretty fantastic and diverse answers spanning many genres of Israeli music. The details? Sure: Shlomo Artzi, Ethnix, […]
For the first time, we’re broadcasting live in front of a ‘studio audience’! Since Josh is broadcasting from home these days, he decided to record this week’s podcast on Facebook Live – enabling all participants to WATCH some great music videos while listening to the latest in Israeli music! (Want […]
They say “absence makes the heart grow fonder”. That’s definitely a lesson the world has learned during the Coronavirus pandemic. We’ve all lost a sense of freedom and a sense of togetherness. Most of us are isolated from family and friends. We’ve all stopped gathering together at celebrations, houses of […]
During these trying times of Coronavirus, while many of us are stuck indoors, we need to find new ways to connect as a community. For many of us, Israeli music has come to the rescue. We’ve been gathering as a worldwide community to watch concerts together, listen to music together, […]
We have the best community in the world! In this era of Coronavirus, we asked our listeners, ‘What Israeli song is like comfort food for you? What song instantly makes you smile?’ Almost immediately, we received some incredible responses! This week, we’ll ease your worries and reduce your anxiety over […]
(If the above video doesn’t play, use this link to watch on Facebook.) In these days of Coronavirus, many of us are finding ourselves stuck at home – all, day, every day. At the same time, officials are working hard to encourage everyone to remain at home as much as […]