Jewish rappers visiting a synagogue is not an uncommon thing. Drake did it in HYFR and LD did it in All K. Of course Lil Dicky threw in some gang bangers munching on Matza and sippin’ Manischewitz and all kinds of serious Israeli-flag assisted twerking. And the lyrics? Mostly your standard […]
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Lil Dicky. Oh Lil Dicky. You may not know who this kike from the suburbs of Philly is, yet, but I’m sure you will. This video, titled “Jewish Flow,” where he has a sort of rap battle with Hitler, beats some SS thugs in a game of 2 on 1 playground basketball, frolics with a […]
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Israeli Balkan rockers Boom Pam and Youtube sensation Kutiman who we’ve featured here before, joined forces for a set at the 23rd Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland. This and other Jewish related cultural events are funny because they are very well attended despite the fact that there are pretty much no live Jews […]
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Simja Dujov is an Argentine Jew whose musical style encompasses a frenetic mishmash of Balkan, Gypsy, Klezmer uh… joie de vivre? Drunkenness? I don’t know how to describe it beyond that except that whenever I listen to his music I instinctively reach over for a shot of something strong and indigenous – preferably prepared in […]
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But maybe you’re just not cool. Or maybe you don’t know enough French to understand her lyrics – or both. Riff Cohen lives in Jerusalem and her music is a perfect reflection of who she is and where she’s from. Most of her lyrics come from poems penned by her Mom and the music itself […]
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The lead singer is a Chabad Rabbi and the band is super heavy. Atzmus also hails from Argentina. This track, Ciudad Del Luz, had some good traction a couple years back when it was first released but now the band seems to have gone poof! Their web site has been taken over by spammers or […]
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Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, Yaniv Teichman on the oud and Ori Dekel on percussion killed it with this awesome cover of Radiohead’s Karma Police – which they apparently put together for just shits and giggles. This followed a successful kickstarter campaign wherein they raised just under $1,900 in order to film […]
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Israeli artists Boom Pam and Karolina got together to do a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog. Boom Pam is a very cool, Balkan-inflected band that’s heavy on the horns. I’ve seen them live several times and they are big fun. Karolina is like an Israeli indie institution. From the days when she was MC […]
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Meet the Jewish Monkeys. They are an unlikely Klezmer Burlesque trio, originally from Europe and now residing in Israel. Gal Zaidner was born in Belgium and currently works as a shrink. Ronni Boiko is a veterinarian. Jossi Reich aka Joe Fleisch, the founding monkey and financier is an entrepreneur and co-owner of the German label […]
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Meet Ben Blackwell, a member of Israel’s 5,000 strong Black Hebrew community. When the Black Hebrews first came to Israel in 1969, relations between them and Israel were often contentious. The Black Hebrews immigrated to Israel illegally and their leadership was often theologically hostile to the Jewish people. Since then however, the Black Hebrew community […]
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