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The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת, romanized:Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 comedy-drama film, directed and written by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States. The film received acclaim from critics and ...
Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
The Band's Visit. (musical) The Band's Visit is a stage musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The musical opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in November 2017, after its off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in December 2016.
Website. www.haza.co.il. Musical artist. Signature. Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, songwriter and actress, commonly known in the Western world as "the Madonna of the East", [1] or "the Israeli Madonna". [2] Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-soprano. [3]
A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, "Sevivon" or "S'vivon" (Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for "dreidel", where dreidel (Hebrew: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. This song, "Sevivon," is very popular in Israel and by others familiar with the Hebrew language. The English below is a literal translation, not an ...
Astrith Baltsan (Hebrew: אסתרית בלצן; born 24 October 1956) is an Israeli concert pianist and musicologist, known for her Beethoven interpretations and for several series of lecture-concerts, mediating classical music to large audiences. These series, some of them in collaboration with leading Israeli orchestras, were described as a ...
Naftali Herz Imber was born in Złoczów (now Zolochiv, Ukraine), a city in Galicia, which then was part of the Austrian Empire. [1] His parents were Joshua Heschel Schorr and Hodel Imber, who followed a strictly Orthodox lifestyle. [2] He began writing poetry at the age of 10 and several years later received an award from Emperor Franz Joseph ...
Noa Kirel was born and raised in Ra'anana, Israel, to Israeli-born parents. Her mother's family is of both Sephardi Jewish [10] and Mizrahi Jewish [10] (Moroccan-Jewish) descent, [11] [12] [13] whereas her father's family is of Ashkenazi Jewish [10] (Austrian-Jewish) descent.