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ISHTAR – the goddess of intercultural peacemaking.
“ …If we can spread the message through music it’d be a great success, because our message is one about peace and love. The music breaks down all the barriers. You can sing today with Gypsies, tomorrow with Arabs. Music doesn’t have a religion. It really warms my heart when I see at one concert all types of people: Arabs, Jews, Christians, all kinds of religions, colors, there is no racism, no differences among cultures and religions. These distinctions are just not important in music”,
Eti Zach
Blending the Mediterranean strains of Flamenco with sensual Arabic harmonies, Ishtar Alabina has created a unique musical blend one might call ’the Rumba from the Desert. Her music makes your blood boil, your heart sing, your belly catch the rousing tune and dance, dance and dance!!!
I ran into the creative work of this unique Desert Flower incidentally, listening to the songs by Ofra Haza, a worldfamous talented Israeli singer. Ishtar made a pop/ethno mix of Ofra’s song “Le Orech ha’yam”, “Along the sea”, the song narrating about Israeli reality being far from peaceful. Her voice seemed to reflect the soul pain for the imperfectness of the world we’re living in (“Tagid li eifo esh olam aher lihiet – Tell me where there is another world to live in…). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Criwph9D544
תגיד לי איך לעצור את הדמעות
תגיד לי איפה יש עולם אחר לחיות
תגיד לי למה אין אמת רק הזיות
אז למה לנסות ולהמשיך עכשיו לבכות
Tell me how to stop the tears
Tell me where there’s another world to live in
Tell me why there is no truth, only illusions
So why should we try, and continue crying?
לאורך הים
אין גלים יש עולם
שנשבר לרסיסים על המזח
Along the length of the sea
There are no waves; there is a world
Broken into fragments on the pier
תגיד לי איך לעצור את הד
תגיד לי איפה יש עולם אחר לחיות
כשאנשים רצים אל תופת כמו אל ים
אני ארוץ אל תוך האש אם יחזרו משם
Tell me how to stop the tears
Tell me where there’s another world to live in
When people run into an inferno as if into the sea
I would run into the fire,
If only they would return from there
תגיד לי איך עם המוות אתה חי
מסתיר הדמעות בכל לילה תגיד לי עד מתי
האש שקוראת לי לא נמצאת שם באמת
וזה שנעלם, האם יחזור או כבר מת?!.
Tell me how you live with death
Hiding the tears every night -
Tell me, how much longer?
The fire that calls me
Is not really there
And the one who disappeared,
Will he return, or is he already dead?
תגיד לי איך לעצור את הדמעות
תגיד לי איך…
Tell me how to stop the tears
Tell me how…..
Israel mulls charity concert for Syrians
Foreign Ministry source confirms that singer-songwriter Arkadi Duchin called and volunteered to recruit leading Israeli performers for a charity rock concert.
Singer-songwriter Arkadi Duchin has asked Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for help in organizing a charity concert to raise money for anti-government forces in Syria.
A senior Foreign Ministry official said Lieberman and his aides may approve the idea, as part of a wider effort to express public Israeli support for the rebels and denounce the slaughter of Syrian people by President Bashar Assad’s regime.
A Foreign Ministry source confirmed that after Lieberman issued a press release on Friday offering humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, Duchin called the ministry and volunteered to recruit leading Israeli performers for a charity rock concert.
Lieberman’s office did not reject the idea out of hand and forwarded the proposal to members of the ministry’s professional staff, with an eye to approving it.
Duchin confirmed that he contacted Lieberman’s office about the issue but declined to elaborate. In response to a question from Haaretz the Russian-born performer said he had not pinned down a date for the concert, which is still in the earliest planning stages. “I made the offer from a human and humanitarian place,” Duchin said.
For the past two months Lieberman has been highly visible in calling for support of the Syrian rebels and in castigating Assad, in contrast to the weak comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The foreign minister has urged Assad to step down and offered to assist Syrian refugees who reach the area along the border with Israel.
Last week Lieberman instructed staffers to offer the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians. After consulting with Syrian rebel leaders, ICRC officials notified the Foreign Ministry that the offer was declined. The rebels said they did not want any connection to Israel; accepting aid from Israel would only confirm Assad’s claims that Israel and the West were behind the revolt against his regime, they explained.
From Tel Aviv to Austin: Israeli bands, techs and reps make big impact on SXSW 2012
Most Americans think of Israel as the cradle of civilization, a country stuck in the ancient past.
But what few of us realize is that, in addition to the historical landmarks, Israel also has the largest number of per-capita government and private sector investments in Research and Development and number of engineers in the world. Technology is one of Israel’s most developed sectors, hosting IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Motorola’s largest R&D facilities outside the United States.
Now, 75 of Israel’s leading creatives and innovators are traveling over 7,000 miles to join the throngs of attendees at this year’s SXSW during the music, film and interactive portions in a program they call “i: Made in Israel.” With a strong, identifiable presence at the conference, Americans can get a taste of the exciting developments happening in the technology and performing arts sectors of Tel Aviv.
Meetings, deals and demos will take place March 12 – 15 at the “Beachside Cafe” inside the SXSW Tradeshow. This “idea bar” will feature tables with full coffee service and an opportunity to meet with the 30 Israeli startups in attendance at the festival as well as listen to live music from the seven Israeli bands in attendance at SXSW.
The bands — which range from the metal-rock sounds ofI.U.D.M. to the Latin electronica of DJ Erez Ben Ishay to the singer/songwriter sound of Yael Kraus — will have additional unofficial showcases throughout the city during the festival, but will always be on the schedule at the “i: Made in Israel” events.
On Friday, March 16, “i: Made in Israel” will throw an official SXSW “Tel Aviv Beach Party” at Brush Park, across the street from the Convention Center. This is your chance to see full sets from the bands who will play throughout the day, and folks can relax under cabanas while stretching out on beach loungers. Beach-themed drinks and Israeli snacks and games will create the feel of bringing the Israeli culture to Austin.
Six Israeli companies will also partake in the Austin International Technology Summit at the Palm Door on Mar 10. Austin tech companies will meet with delegates from 12 different countries to discuss the use of technology in economic development. Besides Israel, representatives from France, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Spain, Brazil, Japan and Canada.
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SNIPPET from the upcoming album: JEWDYSSEE 5773!
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS. Start your Jewdyssee.
ADON OLAM FEAT. BEN SALOMO
ADON OLAM, ASHER MALACH, B’TEREM KOL Y’TZIR NIVRA. L’ET NA’ASAH V’CHEFTZO KOL, AZAI MELECH SH’MO NIKRA. V’ACHAREY KICHLOT HAKOL, L’VADO YIMLOCH NORA. V’HU HAYA, V’HU HOVEH, V’HU YIH’YEH B’TIFARA. V’HU ECHAD, V’EYN SHENI L’HAMSHIL LO, L’HACHBIRA. B’LI REISHIT, B’LI TACHLIT, V’LO HA’OZ V’HAMISRAH.
MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE WHO REIGNED BEFORE ANYTHING WAS CREATED. WHEN ALL WAS MADE BY HIS WILL HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AS KING. AND WHEN ALL SHALL END HE STILL ALL ALONE SHALL REIGN. HE WAS, HE IS, AND HE SHALL BE IN GLORY. AND HE IS ONE, AND THERE’S NO OTHER, TO COMPARE OR JOIN HIM. WITHOUT BEGINNING, WITHOUT END AND TO HIM BELONGS DIMINION AND POWER.
CATEGORIES: Art Favored German Hebrew JDSSEE INSIDE Music Skills Social Culture Yiddish
ESC Jerusalem 2012 >13? fingers crossed… what do you think?
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THE BEAT GUIDE TO YIDDISH (mixtape) DOWNLOAD THE MIX FOR FREE and hear Yiddish in a way you would have never thought possible.
Diwon has been featured on MTV for his blend of hip hop and dancehall, on 2DOPEBOYZ & ALL HIP HOP for his rap flips of 80′s inspired sonics, but it’s his unique blend of world music and cultural rarities with beats that give his work that distinct Diwon feel. In ‘The Beat Guide To Yiddish’, Diwon’s use of traditional Yemenite and Sephardic music, sets him apart from other artists in the genre. Influenced heavily by his family’s roots in Yemen, Ethiopia and Israel, the multicultural maestro is always full of suprises and this release from a couple years back, is no exception. Diwon’s Beat Guide mixes some of his own music into forgotten sounds from Eastern Europe.
DOWNLOAD THE MIX FOR FREE and hear Yiddish in a way you would have never thought possible. Inlcuded on the mix are sounds from; Gershon Kingsley, Jewdyssee, Sam Medoff, Lipa, Seymour Rechtzeit and a few other gems.
still one of my favorite ones.. Kupitye koyft zhe, koyft zhe papirosn, trukene fun regn nisht fargozn. Koyft she bilik benemones, koyft un hot oyf mir rakhmones, ratevet fun hunger mikh atsind..
A kalte nakht, a nebldike finster umetum
sheyt a yingele fartroiert un kukt zikh arum
Fun regn shtist im hor a vant,
A koshikl trogt er in hant,
un zayne oygn betn yedn shtum
Ikh hob shoyn nit keyn koyekh mer
arumtsugeyn in gaz, hungerig un
opgerizn fun dem regn naz.
Ikh shlep arum zikh fun baginen,
keyner git nisht tsu fardinen,
ale lakhn, makhn fun mir shpaz.
