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From 1990 to 2005, 230,000 Israelis left the country; a large proportion of these departures included people who initially immigrated to Israel and then reversed their course (48% of all post-1990 departures and even 60% of 2003 and 2004 departures were former immigrants to Israel). 8% of Jewish immigrants in the post-1990 period left Israel ...
Zehava became familiar in Israel in 1989, when a song and album called "Tipat Mazal" (A Bit of Luck), became a hit throughout Israel, [4] primarily among Israel's Mizrahi Jews (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds) and Arab Israelis. The title track is a Hebrew cover for the 1984 song Dil Yarasi by the Turkish musician Orhan ...
"Yalla Ya Nasrallah" is a satirical Israeli song that gained popularity during the 2006 Lebanon War. Written by Nadav Frishman & Assaf Frishman, it mocks former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with provocative lyrics. The song became a viral sensation across Israeli media during the 2006 conflict. [1] [2] [3]
A musical featuring Kaveret's songs, which ran at Israel's national theatre Habima, is titled after the song. A cover version by one of Israel's most popular singers Sarit Hadad resulted in controversy over music styles and ethnicity, involving one of the band's members, other artists and Israeli parliament figures. The original version topped ...
Even then, English was still used as an effective means of rapping and reaching audiences, and many Israeli hip-hop songs today incorporate some aspects of English lyrics or colloquial terms into their content. Though numerous examples are available, one specific music video exemplifies this phenomenon of language thoroughly.
Eurovision Song Contest organisers are scrutinising the Israeli submission after lyrics leaked to the media appeared to refer to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that triggered the Gaza war. Eurovision ...
"Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)" (Hebrew: יום הולדת; meaning "Birthday") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Hebrew and English by Eden. The song was written by Yitzhak Baranes, Ya'akov Lamai , Jacky Oved, and Gabriel Butler , and composed by Baranes, Lamai, Oved, and Moshe Datz; [1] Datz previously ...
David Broza's new album, "La Mujer Que Yo Quiero," is the Spanish version of his “Ha’isha She’iti” 1983 album of translated Spanish songs, which made Israeli music history.