In Jewish history, with its centuries of wandering and ritualized longing for a land most never actually saw, circumstances created not so straightforward answers to this question. For the creators of ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Courtesy of Diwon, the artist formerly known as DJ Handler and otherwise known as the executive director of Modular Moods and Shemspeed.com, comes this fresh mix of pop, hip-hop, ...

The video for A-WA's "Habib Galbi" ends with the three Israeli sisters—Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim—driving through the desert in a white drop-top jeep, dressed in hot pink djallabahs and headscarves.

A-Wa, a band of three musically talented sisters from Israel, has been steadily gaining a following in the Middle East and Europe. The group brings its dance music to the Skirball Cultural Center on ...

YEMEN BLUES is an original and fascinating meeting of traditional Yemenite melodies & the world of blues, jazz and funk. The flavors of West African roots and enhanced modern compositions are bringing ...

Ofra Haza bridged traditional Yemenite Jewish liturgical melodies with Western pop and electronic music, becoming one of Israel’s earliest symbols of world music. Hits such as Im Nin’alu, Yad Anuga, ...

A slender, lustrous-eyed young woman, appearing on Manhattan’s Town Hall stage one night last week, completely fascinated an audience which was unable to understand a single word she sang. She was ...

ISRAELI POP chanteuse Noa has coined the perfect term to describe herself -- and other musical artists like her: “new world citizens.” “We’re people who have roots in many places,” the ...

For the last 23 years the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival has brought some of the greatest musicians in the world to Bloomington, Indiana for an unforgettable weekend of musical performance. This ...

On the cover of Riff Cohen’s 2012 album, “A Paris,” there is a picture of her grandmother at age 14, wearing braids and a scowl. A teenage bride, her grandmother had taken the passport photo for her ...

The recent airlift evacuation of 19 Yemenite Jews to Israel made international news — now, there are only 50 Jews remaining in the Middle Eastern country. The 2000-year-old Jewish community in Yemen ...