Iceland is now the fifth country to drop out of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 as part of a growing wave of boycotts after Israel is still allowed to compete. The various countries point out that Russia is banned for its war in Ukraine and they believe Israel should receive the same fate over its

An artificial intelligence clip of Israelis celebrating the release of the hostages (left) alongside a clip of Hostage Square in Tel Aviv (right) in Yoni Bloch’s new music video. Screenshot JTA When Israeli pop star Yoni Bloch created a music video in ...

The feel-good pop music gala that draws more than 100 million viewers every year has been roiled by the war in Gaza for the past two years.

Lorde’s songs have disappeared from Apple Music in Israel after the New Zealand-born pop star yelled “free f–king Palestine” during a concert in New York City this week. The kerfuffle was ignited by viral clips that showed the 28-year-old Lorde ...

Many people refer to Kleinstein as the Israeli Billy Joel, mainly for the similarities in their melodic, piano-based songs about love and life. But the parallels don’t end there. For any new immigrant to Israel who has felt like a fish out of water, it ...

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael placed second in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, held May 17 in Basel, Switzerland. Her song, “New Day Will Rise,” is an operatic pop ballad with a music video that references concertgoers fleeing the Hamas attacks on the ...

Since September, more than 1,000 artists and labels including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to remove their music from Israel. The boycott, called No Music for Genocide, is straightforward: artists are asking ...

MENAHEM GOLAN started filming a new musical with Gaon, ‘Kazablan,’ 1973. (photo credit: Dan Hadani Collection, PRITZKER FAMILY NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL) A living soundtrack of Israeli culture that offers a ...

Yoni Bloch’s video for “A Happy Ending” starts with the release of the hostages but does not end there. After the hostages return to Israel, peace takes hold in the Middle East. Army recruitment offices are shuttered; Israelis shelve the second ...

Guests trickled into a sleek, spacious venue in midtown Manhattan as music by Israeli pop star Omer Adam blared overhead. In tuxedos and gowns, they filled up their plates at a sushi bar, a table full of falafel and pita, a candy buffet and a spread of ...