By Lauren Kramer

Yoav Talmi, the Israeli artistic director and conductor of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, was decorated with the insignia of officer of the National Order of Quebec this month by Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
Talmi was appointed to the position in 1998, and Charest said, he has “brought it up to an artistic level on [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

(Above is a video of Leonard Cohen’s hit Halleluiah taken at the Ramat Gan stadium on Thursday night. The song kills me every time I hear it, and is supposedly about the biblical King David and his love for Bathsheba.) 
As readers of Canada’s Israel blog know, Leonard Cohen played to a sold-out [...]

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By Staff
Canadian singer and songerwriter Leonard Cohen thrilled a packed stadium of fans tonight during his first concert in Israel in over 30 years.
The 47,000 tickets were snatched up within minutes when they went on sale, and the adoring fans were treated to quite the show.
Showing no apparent affects from an illness last week, Cohen belted [...]

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