Building a stronger Israel, one song at a time!
March 11, 2019: Our daily look at Israeli music news and information! Today: Israel has finally revealed its Eurovision song (“Home” by Kobi Marimi)…Rotem Cohen delivers a knockout performance in NYC…and Happy 40th to Keren Peles! Israeli Music Today: Transcript This is MyIsraeliMusic.com, I’m Josh Shron, and here’s your Israeli music news for […]
February 27, 2019: Our daily look at Israeli music news and information! Today: Broadway comes to Israel…Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga “sing” in Hebrew at the Oscars…and what do the Israeli Eurovision hosts think of Kobi Marimi? Israeli Music Today: Transcript This is MyIsraeliMusic.com, I’m Josh Shron, and here’s your Israeli music news […]
This. Is. Awesome. Ever since Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, EVERYONE’S talking about that steamy duet from Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. They sang their hit song, “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”. On Lady Gaga’s YouTube channel, for example, the video has racked up more than 11 million views […]
The concept of “New Year’s” is a little complicated in Israel. Of course, everyone knows that it’s the start of the new year. But in Israel, they already did the whole “New Year’s” thing back in the fall. So as a result, “New Year’s Eve” is referred to as “Chag […]
A roundup of five new Israeli songs released this week. Some new Israeli songs we think you should know about. Be sure to listen for more brand new music on this week’s Israel Hour Radio podcast. Shabbat shalom from MyIsraeliMusic.com! 1. Keren Peles & Ron Bochnik – Shkufim I’ve always liked […]
We Jews must’ve invented Thanksgiving. After all, the Hebrew word for “turkey” (hodu) is the same as the word for “let us give thanks”. Coincidence? I think not. It doesn’t matter if you’re Jew or Gentile, American-born or a native of another country. If you live in the USA, or […]
On October 31, 1993, Galgalatz Radio hit the airwaves of Israel. According to Wikipedia, the station technically began three years earlier as “Tzahal 2”, a sister station to “Galei Tzahal” Army Radio. The station would broadcast popular music along with frequent traffic reports, produced in conjunction with the National Authority […]