Tel Aviv concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline a new Israeli music festival

It will be their first Israeli performance since 2012.

By Marcy Oster February 3, 2020 9:56 am

Shlomo Artzi, left, and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin singing together on April 13, 2015. (Courtesy of the Spokesperson of the President of Israel)

Israeli charity concert that was going to exclude women performers canceled

Ezra Lemarpe’s founder, Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer, who had asked that no female singers be included in the show since it is against Orthodox Jewish law, requested the cancellation of the concert.

November 5, 2019 8:54 am

Rapper Bhad Bhabie’s concert in Jordan canceled over alleged Israel support

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Bhad Bhabie won’t be playing Jordan next month, her concert there nixed over a series of social media posts in which the American rapper appeared to support Israel. The 16-year-old performer — first known for going viral for a moment on “The Dr. Phil Show” at 13 — hasn’t taken a stance on or […]

June 19, 2019 12:58 pm