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SHOW NOTES:
The Book of Life celebrates Israel's 60th birthday with a musical extravaganza!
> Composer Yuval Ron talks about the music he created for the Oscar-winning short film West Bank Story
> Fran Manushkin discusses her book Come, Let Us Be Joyful: The Story of Hava Nagila
> We learn about the 60@60 concert tour with music promoter Michael Dorf, who tells us about the best in new Israeli pop music, including:
- Yael Naim (you know her from the MacBook Air ad)
- Idan Raichel
- Habanot Nechama
- David Broza
- Rami Kleinstein
- Matisyahu
- Paul Shaffer
- John Zorn
- Noa
West Bank Story Trailer
CREDITS:
Special thanks to Vaskez for the techno version of Hava Nagila, to John Zorn for permission to use the track "Nekashim" from the CD The Dreamers, and to Habanot Nechama for permission to use the track "So Far." Our regular background music is provided by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band.Books and CD's mentioned on the show may be borrowed from the Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel. Browse our online catalog to reserve books, post a review, or just to look around!Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to [email protected]!
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