JERUSALEM (JTA) — Barbra Streisand will perform for the first time in Israel this summer. She will also eceive an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Streisand, the iconic Jewish-American singer and actress, will be presented with the degree at a ceremony on June 17 during the Hebrew University International Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem. In a...
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Israeli folk singer/guitarist superstar David Broza takes to the stage on Memorial Day weekend, drawing a fresh setlist from the 28 albums under his belt.
How important was the piano to Nelly Berman? Important enough that, in 1978, when Berman and her two children moved to Philadelphia from Odessa, procuring one was her top priority.