Last week a handful of yordim (Israelis who “descended” to America) were given the rare opportunity to make aliyah; that is, to rise back up to Israel—and to stardom. Kochav Nolad (“A Star is Born”), ...

Remains of former Gaza hostage in Israel, to be identified ...

Paula Valstein isn’t the first musician attempting a crossover from reality TV to the U.S. pop charts — but she is the first with a major fan base in Israel. Less than a month after getting eliminated ...

Ninet Tayeb is an Israeli singer and actress, who rose to stardom in 2003, as the winner of the first season of Kochav Nolad (the Israeli version of American Idol.) Ninet Tayeb became the “Naional ...

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While singers, artists, actors, and all manner of popular culture figures have been taking advantage of the Rothschild Boulevard tent city to promote themselves – by playing free concerts, or getting ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A daughter of Ethiopian immigrants won Israel’s version of “American Idol.” Hagit Yasso, a velvet-voiced 21-year-old from Sderot, garnered the most votes to take first place in the ...

‘American Idol” and its Israeli counterpart have both added a female judge for their 2009 seasons, but there’s one major difference: The Israeli judge used to be a man. Transsexual pop star Dana ...