Building a stronger Israel, one song at a time!
Happy New Year! 2022 was another great year for Israeli music. Recorded on the very first day of 2023, this week’s podcast looks back at the very best of the past 12 months. What were the biggest musical stories? Who were the breakout stars of the year? What songs can’t […]
The Israeli music world is still reeling from the loss of Yitzchak Klepter: composer, singer, and a mean guitarist. Most of us know his name very well from his time in the legendary ‘Kaveret‘ (“Yo Ya”, anyone?), but that just scratches the surface. Klepter was responsible for so much of […]
It’s that time again…time to look back at the biggest and best new Israeli songs of the month. November 2022 certainly didn’t disappoint! This month, we feature new Israeli music by some of your favorites – including TWO new songs from Idan Raichel (one is a collab with Omer Adam!), […]
Meet Jason Hecht of Chandler, Arizona: avid Israeli dancer, pinball fanatic, and all-around fun guy. He’s also a very active member of our Israeli Music Community, and jumped at the chance to present a playlist of his all-time favorite songs on Israel Hour Radio! Most of Jason’s song choices are […]
Did you know that gratitude is good for your health? Studies show that people who practice daily gratitude tend to be healthier, spend less time in hospitals, and exercise more. Do you get the same benefits if you listen to SONGS of gratitude? Let’s find out with this special Thanksgiving-inspired […]
On November 20, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat touched down in Israel and addressed the Knesset. To many, this day marked the beginnings of the fulfillment of a dream… the dream of peace in the Middle East. 45 years later, that dream has come even closer to fruition, with several […]
Ready to party like it’s 1999? Israel Hour Radio takes you back to a year that saw the invention of Napster, the Euro, Spongebob, Bluetooth, and fears of Y2K. But in Israeli music, we were much more interested in Sarit Hadad, Rita, Shlomo Artzi, and Eyal Golan. Let’s take a […]
We recently had the exciting opportunity to sit down with Idan Raichel, one of the most successful and beloved artists in Israel for the past 20 years. We asked of about his life, his experiences during Coronavirus, his submission for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, the making of “Shevet Achim […]
Amidst the Jewish holidays and Israel’s latest round of political campaigning, the Jewish State still managed to find time to release some exceptional musical entertainment! This week, your favorite Israeli music podcast presents the best new Israeli songs of September and October 2022, with a long list of your favorite […]
In a song we play every year, Ofra Haza sang, “After the holidays, everything starts again”. So as the Jewish holiday season has come and gone for 5783, we are feeling optimistic for the year ahead. And we’re not the only ones…Israel’s musicians love to sing about new beginnings and […]