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 ...

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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 ...

A few years ago, Israeli keyboardist-composer Idan Raichel came up with an intriguing musical concept: create an ensemble capable of playing music reaching across the spectrum of Jewish culture. It ...

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 ...