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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival

A musical performance at the Tower of David Museum, during the 2016 Mekudeshet (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)
July 27, 2017, 12:32 pm
Looking for a sacred connection in Jerusalem summer season
The annual ‘Mekudeshet’ celebration of the city’s people and their diversity, through music and ceremonies, walks and talks
By Jessica Steinberg
A view of a 2015 Sacred Music Festival event at the Tower of David Museum (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)
August 25, 2016, 5:54 pm
At fall festival, Jerusalem is keeping the faith
Capital’s Season of Culture kicks off on September 4 with a series of ‘sacred’ events — from joint prayer sessions to singing circles and concerts
By Jessica Steinberg
American Jewish singer Matisyahu performs at the Sacred Music Festival in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 4, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa)
September 9, 2015, 6:32 pm
Matisyahu can’t get enough of Jerusalem
Days after his sold-out appearance in Israel’s capital, reggae star announces he’ll be back on October 10
By ToI Staff
American Jewish singer Matisyahu performs at the Sacred Music Festival in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 4, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa)
September 5, 2015, 4:00 pm
On stage in Jerusalem, Matisyahu is all about the music
Two weeks after BDS brouhaha in Spain, the Jewish-American singer inspires the audience at Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival
By Eric Cortellessa
Matisyahu will come to Israel for a special, one-time appearance at the Sacred Music Festival held in Jerusalem (Courtesy)
September 2, 2015, 3:16 am
Matisyahu’s not gonna forget Jerusalem
The Jewish reggae star will make a one-time appearance Friday at the city’s Sacred Music Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
One of the artists performing in Frontline, during the Jerusalem Season of Culture (Courtesy Jerusalem Season of Culture)
July 24, 2015, 12:45 pm
Unhindered by war, Jerusalem looks to inject culture into city
From Aramaic heavy metal and Talmud punk to the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, city festival celebrates diversity
By Luke Tress
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
Many coexistence and interfaith events take place in Jerusalem; in September, a small crowd gathered to hear the call of the muezzin through the songs and explanations of a rabbi and sheikh at the Sacred Music Festival (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 11, 2014, 11:19 am
A timeout for the muezzin
A rabbi and sheikh get together at dusk in Jerusalem
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
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