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Adi Yehuda (blue uniform, center) and the Special in Uniform band perform their 500th show, at the Zappa Club in Tel Aviv, June 2023. Credit: Judy Lash Balint

IDF’s ‘Special in Uniform’ band hits 500-show milestone

June 7, 2023/ByJudy Lash Balint/InArticles, News/0 Comment

Most Israeli bands and performers would be happy to land a few gigs a month, but how many have clocked 500 performances in the past 14 months? Earlier this week, the Special in Uniform (SIU) Band of the Israel Defense Forces rocked the popular Zappa Club in Tel Aviv with their 500th performance in less than […] Read More

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Band places impressive song in impressive Hanukkah film

December 23, 2022/ByAlan Zeitlin/InNews/0 Comment

The latest entry to the ever-growing musical category of “modern Hanukkah songs” has arrived. Distant Cousins—the popular Los Angeles-based band featuring former Blue Fringe frontman Dov Rosenblatt, Moshav’s Duvid Swirsky and singer-songwriter Ami Kozak—has a new song, “My Eight Favorite Nights,” which appears in the Hallmark Channel film “Hanukkah on Rye,” which aired Dec. 18 and can […] Read More

Matisyahu. Credit: Photo courtesy of Matisyahu.

Matisyahu: ‘I’m definitely gonna win a Grammy’

December 7, 2022/ByAlan Zeitlin/InNews/0 Comment

They say that children make you young and Matisyahu, whose real name is Matthew Miller, celebrated the birth of his sixth child, Judah Mac Miller, 11 months ago, partly named after fellow Jewish rapper Mac Miller, who died in 2018. Matisyahu’s 2006 studio album “Youth” was nominated for a Grammy. The singer since got divorced […] Read More

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Adam Sandler talks about ‘The Chanukah Song’ and a new film with the Safdie brothers

December 1, 2022/ByAlan Zeitlin/InNews/0 Comment

Adam Sandler recounted a funny remark from a celebrity mentioned in his famous “The Chanukah Song” when he spoke to a crowd at the 92nd Street Y (now called 92NY) in Manhattan on Tuesday night. Following a screening of his new film “Hustle,” Sandler said he showed his daughters the spot on 56th and Broadway where he […] Read More

Holocaust-era instruments will be on display in Chicago in effort to give music of that time new life

November 28, 2022/ByMike Wagenheim/InNews/0 Comment

The Jewish Community Centers of Chicago are putting out a call: check your basements, attics and garages. You might find some hope there. From April through September of 2023, JCC (Jewish Community Centers) Chicago will bring a private collection of more than 70 lovingly restored violins, violas and cellos played by Jewish musicians before and during the […] Read More

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra rehearses before its Nov. 14 performance at Carnegie Hall. Credit: Ron Oren.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, led for the first time by an Israeli, conquers New York’s Carnegie Hall

November 17, 2022/ByMike Wagenheim/InNews/0 Comment

In a grand send-off, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) completed its first tour in three years with a performance at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall on Monday. The tour marked the first under its newest maestro, Lahav Shani, who is the first native Israeli to lead the so-called “orchestra of exiles,” whose founding members were […] Read More

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German Jewish music festival brings global performers

September 29, 2022/ByJewish News Syndicate/InNews/0 Comment

Meshing Chassidic jazz, klezmer, opera and film, Germany’s International Days of Jewish Music are set to celebrate the coexistence of European Jews and non-Jews. Running from Nov. 21-27, the fourth edition of the festival takes place at synagogues, Jewish community centers and gathering places across the country, including in Berlin, Würzburg, Potsdam, Stavenhagen, Görlitz and Usedom. “It’s […] Read More

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‘Something in Preserve,’ a Musical about Seniors’ Lives, Wins Plaudits

September 19, 2022/ByEileen Wingard/InArticles/0 Comment

Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Ryan Isaacs, Director of the Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family JCC, was visibly excited to welcome the sold-out audience in the Garfield Theater for the Osher production of Something In Preserve, an original musical. A large part of the audience consisted of seniors, for whom the subject matter […] Read More