TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Take a look across today's Middle East, and it's easy to lose hope in the possibility of peace. Whether it's the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the rise of extremism in countries ...

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If anyone can reason with the protesters who may gather outside the venues where he’ll be performing next week, it’s Idan Raichel. Talk about going out of the frying pan into the fire. Israel’s ...

Much like Israel itself, the Idan Raichel Project is a swirl of activity, a multicultural hothouse that contains a gaggle of concurrent conversations. While it’s one of the most popular acts on the ...

Long fascinated with the diversity of Israeli culture, it is no coincidence that Idan Raichel’s music is influenced by nearly every immigrant group that can be found in Israel. Growing up in Kfar Saba ...

Idan Raichel, a pioneer of Israeli world music, has collaborated with more than 150 international musicians as part of his “Idan Raichel Project” with performances in Arabic, German, Spanish, Amharic, ...

At the beginning of 2013, I took my husband to a concert as a surprise. He had no idea where we were going until we got to the box office. His best guess was Ethiopian food, which we’ve both been ...

For Israeli superstar Idan Raichel, sometimes it’s not the musical notes that matter most; it’s what happens in between. Such is the case when a Jewish singer-songwriter teams up with a Muslim ...

"If I got an invitation to perform from the president of Syria or the prime minister of Lebanon, I would be the first to go," says Idan Raichel, one of Israel's biggest-selling musicians. Right now ...

Vancouver dance artist Idan Cohen practically gushes with enthusiasm as he shares his passion for the music and poetry of a deceased Canadian who shares his surname. “I’ve always loved Leonard Cohen’s ...