By Lauren Kramer
Vancouver audiences will be treated to the music of Gaya April 28 when the Israeli band performs at the city’s celebration of Israel’s 61st Independence Day. Presented by Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, the performance will be held at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts at 7:30pm.
The six-member band merges sounds and [...]
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By Staff
Take a few minutes to watch this magnificent rendition of the famous song, Shir Lashalom, sung by Adam Lambert alongside Israeli-American singers, Maya Haddi and Noa Dori. They performed this song at a tribute concert to slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 2005.
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By Staff
If you are looking for a hot spot to visit in 2009, then Tel Aviv is IT! The trendy website Concierge.com has added Tel Aviv to a list of “IT” destinations for 2009.
This modern coastal city will be celebrating its 100th birthday next year, with an event kicking off in April in Rabin Square with the [...]
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By Karin Kloosterman
When I first moved to Toronto, from Newmarket, Ontario, I felt it took months, even a couple years to feel like Toronto was mine. A destination site for many tourists, I always tell my friends in Israel not to visit Toronto, if they come to Canada. Not because I don’t love Toronto, but [...]
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An estimated 50,000 fans enjoyed Paul McCartney’s historic concert at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park, Sept. 25. After greeting the crowd with “Shalom” and “Shana Tova” he kept them singing along for almost two hours, with hit after hit, including a rousing rendition of “Give Peace a Chance.”
The video below from the UK’s Daily Telegraph gives you a [...]
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by Karin Kloosterman
(Image credit: Karin Kloosterman)
If you are a Canadian and never been to Israel, it’s unlikely that you’ve seen anything like this picture in your life. This is a snapshot of a Rababator concert at the East West House in Jaffa a while back. What might strike some people are the coffee grinders that [...]
