Building a stronger Israel, one song at a time!
Miss the music of the legendary Arik Einstein? Fear not, he’s back with a brand new song – nearly nine years after his death. Arik Einstein’s “Levadenu Kivyachol” (Alone, Apparently) was recorded back in 1997, but never saw the light of day…until now. Read the lyrics and translation here. Arik […]
Britt Jacobson is a senior at the University of Southern California studying Global Studies and Music Industry. She is also a huge fan of the glory days of Israeli rock music. It’s not every day that a college student from California encourages you to sample Israeli rock of yesteryear. But that’s […]
When loneliness, despair, boredom, and a disruption of all we know sets in…well, at least we have music. And boy, did we need it in 2020. When the pandemic became real for most of us in early March, we quickly realized that our lives would be severely disrupted, at least […]
Who saw THIS coming? Israeli singer Eden Ben Zaken is one of Israel’s top entertainers and a former “X Factor” winner. Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel. This Chanukah, they’re teaming up to help Israel’s elderly…in song. Their musical collaboration is a new version of Arik Einstein’s “Yesh […]
No doubt about it. Arik Einstein z”l had a LONG list of musical hits. But if you had to pick the biggest, which would you choose? The way I see it, his two biggest songs were “Uf Gozal” (Fly, Little Bird) and “Ani V’ata” (You and I). In fact, we […]
(If the above video doesn’t play, use this link to watch on Facebook.) In these days of Coronavirus, many of us are finding ourselves stuck at home – all, day, every day. At the same time, officials are working hard to encourage everyone to remain at home as much as […]
The results are in: the most-played song on Israeli radio over the past decade is “Michtav L’Achi” by Eli Botner and Kobi Aflalo. The #1 spot went to the emotional 2010 song, written by Eli Botner for his brother who had sustained a serious injury. As for the rest of […]
NEW: Hear the podcast! Check out the playlist here. In keeping with our mission to build “a stronger Israel, one song at a time”, we at My Israeli Music have developed a secondary mission: To encourage Jews around the world to create a deeper connection with Israel through music and […]
On January 18, 2003, the song “Zemer Nogeh” (aka “HaTishma Koli”) was the first Hebrew song ever played in space. That’s because Colonel Ilan Ramon was aboard the space shuttle Columbia at the time, and his wife, Rona Ramon, selected it as the song to wake up the astronauts that […]
Israeli Music Today: Transcript Today in Israeli Music, we introduce a new hashtag #ThankYouMadonna…the Israeli public votes – on their favorite musical act in Israel…and kids from the US sing the music of Arik Einstein. This is MyIsraeliMusic.com, I’m Josh Shron, and here’s your Israeli music news for Wednesday, April 10, 2019. #ThankYouMadonna: […]
