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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Ehud Banai

Investigators stand in an apartment building where an alleged Israeli strike killed top Hamas terror chief Saleh Arouri, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, January 3, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
January 3, 2024, 1:48 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 3: Day 89 – Who was West Bank Hamas terror head Saleh al-Arouri?
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on the targeted killing of Hamas deputy leader; culture editor Jessica Steinberg on how hostage families and artists raise awareness
By ToI Staff
Ehud Banai at an event for hostage Amiram Cooper of Kibbutz Nir Oz, on January 1, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 2, 2024, 8:09 pm
Musicians read, sing and strum to poems of hostage Amiram Cooper, 84, as worries mount
Kibbutz Nir Oz family invites singers Ehud Banai and Micha Shitrit to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square event for their relative, hoping to raise awareness of worsening plight
By Jessica Steinberg
Spanish video artist Alex Rigola's 'MachoMan' installation, will be in place at the upcoming Jerusalem Festival, opening June 3, 2021 (Courtesy Marti Artalejo)
May 3, 2021, 3:34 pm
This year’s Israel Festival is smaller, homegrown and presented in person
Jerusalem event celebrates its 60th year with tribute to culture of years past; organizers say there won’t be a livestream as they want to encourage attendance; tickets now on sale
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A man listens to earbuds in Tel Aviv on November 14, 2015. (Esther Rubyan/FLASH90)
January 9, 2021, 9:44 am
Tuning into the Israeli experience, one culturally loaded lyric at a time
A project of the Jewish Agency’s education lab Makom, Playlists seeks to demystify the country and its music by translating and interpreting a selection of tracks
By Jessica Steinberg
Performer Yossi Banai, from an exhibit that opened June 18, 2020, at the Tower of David Museum, 'Banai, This is Our Song' (Courtesy Nino Hananiah Herman)
June 24, 2020, 10:53 am
Banai exhibit at Tower of David Museum follows a musical family’s journey
The renowned clan of actors and musicians made their way from Persia to Israel in 1881, creating a story of survival and success
By Jessica Steinberg
Some 300 performers will participate in this year's 20th Piano Festival, taking place in Tel Aviv at the end of October (Courtesy Moshe Chitayat)
August 24, 2018, 11:55 am
Punk rocker and new Broadway star to perform at 20th Piano Festival
Rami Fortis, Shiri Maimon and other well-known Israeli musicians take to Tel Aviv stages in October for acoustic, solo and duet performances
By Jessica Steinberg
Singer Meir Banai died Thursday, January 12, after a long battle with cancer, and was buried in Jerusalem on Friday (Courtesy Meir Banai official Facebook page)
January 13, 2017, 2:00 pm
Meir Banai, 55, led Israeli music into a more soulful space
The acclaimed singer, who died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, was among the first to mold a sound that has since become standard
By Jessica Steinberg
Noam Banai, the latest of the Banai musical dynasty to join the family business. (Courtesy Noam Banai)
July 27, 2016, 5:42 pm
Another Banai emerges from famed musical family
Noam Banai, son of Meir and cousin to Ehud, Yuval and Elisha, records a new single; wins support from singer-turned-religious father
By Jessica Steinberg
Cousins Yuval and Ehud Banai at rehearsal for their February concert series (photo credit: Shahar Rosenberg)
February 19, 2015, 1:06 am
Two Banai cousins party onstage
Ehud and Yuval join for four reunion concerts
By Jessica Steinberg
The 5K night run will start at Jerusalem's First Station and follow the renovated railway tracks (photo credit: LMH)
January 18, 2015, 12:57 pm
Cabin fever? Five activities to shake those winter blues
From running to gaming, from art to music, there’s lots to do — indoor and outdoor — at this time of the year
By Jessica Steinberg
Morning breaking over the ancient walls of Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum, as Ehud Banai performed at the Sacred Music Festival (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 12, 2014, 2:15 pm
Dawn with Ehud Banai
Psalms and rock ‘n’ roll from the singer-songwriter at Jerusalem’s Sacred Music Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Gil Ron Shama has been singing and working toward peace for 25 years, and now brings his message to Jerusalem's Sacred Music Festival (Courtesy Gil Ron Shama)
September 3, 2014, 10:00 pm
Groove and tradition meet at Jerusalem’s Sacred Music Festival
The final event of the truncated Jerusalem Season of Culture offers four days of coexistence, holy yearnings and divine music
By Jessica Steinberg
Philosopher Dr. Micah Goodman (screenshot)
June 26, 2014, 12:22 pm
‘American Judaism’ takes root in the Judean Desert
Micah Goodman’s Ein Prat Midrasha fosters religious-secular tolerance by helping young Israelis conquer their fear of each other
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ehud Banai performs in 2008 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Whistling in the Dark/Wikimedia Commons)
September 17, 2013, 5:02 pm
Israeli rock star cancels settlement concert… after right-wing criticism
Ehud Banai’s manager says ‘rowdy, fiery and crazy comments’ from hawkish activists prompted singer to bow out
By Aaron Kalman
'Jews start with so many disadvantages in every country, and do so well,' Julie Burchill observes. (Courtesy of Daniel Morgenstern)
February 18, 2013, 5:01 pm
Playing ‘Hatikvah’ on a ‘Desert Island’
After 71 years, British writer Julie Burchill becomes the first guest to select Israel’s national anthem on high-profile BBC radio show
By Miriam Shaviv
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