Apple Uses Israeli Song

The song featured in this popular Apple commercial is by a French-Israeli singer named Yael Naim. Enjoy!

PBS Masada Sunrise Concert

PBS will be broadcasting an awesome sunrise concert at Masada this December. Check your local listings…

Teapacks in NYC

Good news all, our fav not so controversial but caused lots of controversy rock/punk band from embattled Israeli city Sderot is in NYC to rock the house. Details below:

Kobi Oz/Teapacks & Izabo

Oct 21, 8pm @ Highline Ballroom

Details Part of the 2007 Oyhoo Festival
Two great Israeli bands on one bill: Kobi Oz & Teapacks with their song “Push the Button” was Israel’s entry for the Eurovision contest. It raised a Brou-Ha-Ha by the European organizers, as it referred indirectly to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The YouTube video featuring the hit song instantly was viewed by over a million people.

Izabo’s music has been described as a “Brilliant, action packed combination of Psychedelic Rock, Disco, Punk and Arabic spices”, or, if we are to name-drop, like an unlikely cross between Led Zeppelin, the Talking Heads, and Om Koltom.

$30.00. Highline Ballroom - 431 W 16th St, (btwn 9th and 10th Ave.). For more information please call:212-414-5994
visit:www.oyhoo.com
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A Guitarists Tour of Israel

Danny is an Israeli guitarist who works with Kelly Clarkson.

He wanted to show his L.A friends some sights from Israel beyond CNN.

Check out the video.

Happy New Year

For all you folks who don’t know, Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) begins tomorrow evening and to wish a happy new year in Israel or with your Jewish friends you say, Shana Tova!

Pavarotti was to Record w/ Israeli Phil

From YNET:

Mehta pays tribute to Pavarotti

Tenor was planning on a recording with Israel Philharmonic before his death; ‘his voice will stay clear and alive on the recordings he made’

Meirav Yudilovitch

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died Thursday morning, was planning on recording a number of songs with the Israel Phiharmonic Orchestra shortly before his death, maestro Zubin Mehta told Ynet.

Speaking from Italy, where the Israel Philharmonic is currently touring, Mehta said he had talked with Pavarotti only a week ago. “He asked the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to record three songs, to which he would add his voice after he recovered, and it was clear to him that he would recover.

“The orchestra recorded these songs in July, but now this connection, to my great sorrow, will never be made. It’s very painful.”

Continue reading Pavarotti was to Record w/ Israeli Phil…

Offer Nissim

Today we’d like to feature Israel’s very own music master, Offer Nissim. Above he’s performing live with Maya in israel and below you’ll find an interview and article with and about our beloved Nissim. Enjoy!

Offer Nissim Interview

From DJ Ron Slomowicz,
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From Israel, widely known for its goa trance and progressive scenes, Offer Nissim is gaining international attention for his tribal house sounds. Known for his work with Eurovision contest winner Dana International, Offer’s productions with the singer Maya and remix work led to a fateful meeting with Peter Rauhofer. Nissim’s debut artist album First Time was recently released in the US on Star 69 Records.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: You just got back from Brazil, what kind of event were you playing for?
Offer Nissim: It was a big party in Sao Paulo and the crowd was great. They are really warm people and it was a great night with good energy. The place was called Enjoy.

RS: Had you played down there before?
Offer Nissim: No, it was the first time that I’d played in Brazil.

RS: Was the crowd different than your normal crowd in Israel?
Offer Nissim: Israeli people are really similar to the Brazilians because they have the same temperament. They are really the same. So if you ask me how it was to work in front of the Israeli crowd, they are really similar to a Brazilian crowd, it’s the same.

RS: How about when you played in the US for Pride Festival, was that also similar?
Offer Nissim: No. The crowds in New York are different. They give respect in other ways and behave more gently, I don’t know how to explain it. They enjoy the party but they are cooler, not too excited, as opposed to the South American people who lose control.

RS: Was that your first time playing in the United States?
Offer Nissim: Yes, it was the first time. I really enjoyed playing with Peter and it was really an honor to play with him, so I enjoyed every second. If you ask me where I was most excited to be, it was in Spirit to play with Peter. Everything was for me more intense, I was more energized with each second and move that I felt in the booth. It was very important to me to be happy with this experience.

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From Remix…

OFFER NISSIM
By Amit Cotler

If you took a walk in Manhattan’s streets during the past two years, you most likely passed by some signs inviting you to one of Offer Nissim’s parties in New York City. But although Nissim is a well-known DJ in the U.S. nowadays, his heart and home are still placed 5,683 miles from the Big Apple, in Tel Aviv, Israel — his home city where he’s played for more than 20 years.

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Madonna’s coming to “Rosh Hashanah” dinner?

Madonna’s back for more. She and hubby Guy Ritchie will be traveling to Israel to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at the Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv for the second year in a row. Also joining are first-timers Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, along with 3,000 students from more than 21 countries.

Way to spread the mystical love.

Perez Hilton Posts Lider “Just Gorgeous”

Vered in Da’ House

Vered, the New-York based Israeli singer-songwriter, is set to unveil her third album this September. The indie, folk-rock musician definitely knows how to draw a crowd with her free-spirited acoustic tunes.

In one of her recent performances at a venue in downtown Manhattan, Vered joked onstage about the hassle of having to renew her Israeli passport that week. And to the delight of every man in the room, she added: “Yes, I am Israeli. And I was in the army.” The entire crowd clapped and cheered. Somehow, that army bit always does the trick.

Check out Vered’s MySpace page to sample some tracks from her unreleased 2007 album.