Secular Pop Stars Visiting Hebron No Longer a Novelty

Sarit Hadad will be returning to Hebron for the annual Women’s Gathering. She is one of
several Israeli pop stars to visit the City of the Patriarchs & Matriarchs during
the High Holiday season.

 

A week and a half before Rosh Hashanna, Mosh Ben-Ari visited the Tomb of
Machpela with his band before a concert. On Facebook he
posted “A short tour of the Cave of the Patriarchs before the performance…
Thank you to our soldiers who are guarding every corner here.”

 

Ben-Ari gained fame with the band Sheva, a band whose members were Israelis
of both Jewish and Arab background. Their 1997 hit “Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu (Salaam)
became ubiquitous and Ben-Ari went on to a successful solo
career. 

 

Members of the Revivo
Project also stopped by Hebron before Rosh Hashanna. Founded in 2012, the
gold-record selling group performs traditional songs and classics dubbed by the media
“retro-Mizrahi music.” They performed in front of the Tomb of Machpela complex in a huge
out-door concert for local youth. Elaborate designs in light were projected on the walls
of the Machpela complex during the show. 

 

Chilik Frank, a virtuoso hasidic klezmer clarinetist performed along with
singer-songwriter and poet Avichai Paz Greenwald, at a special Slichot performance in
Saturday night. The event was held in memory of terrorist victims Yitzhak and Talya Ames by surviving family
members an annual tribute.

 

 

 

But the highlight will be Sarit Hadad, one of the best-known female
performers in Israel’s history. Her pop-mizrachi style has been a hit since the mid
1990s. Entitled “The Closest to Mother” the event will take place during the Ten Days of
Repentance in-between Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur. Also headlining will be Rabbinit
Yemima Mizrachi, a popular motivational speaker. Hadad has starred at the event twice
before with over 10,000 people in attendance. 

 

 

The phenomenon of secular performers visiting Hebron is no longer a novelty.
In 2017, Amir Benayoun and Rami
Kleinstein performed a sold-out show for the 50th Hebron day anniversary
concert.

 

Seen in some circles as a hotbed of Orthodox Jewish fundamentalism, the
reality is that people of all walks of life view Hebron as a connection to spirituality.
The towering Machpela complex attracts those curious in its historical and architectural
significance regardless of level of observance. 

 

For free registration to the Women’s Gathering click here.

 

 

* Revivo
Project Hebron Concert photo album

* Revivo
Project Hebron greeting video 

* Mosh Ben Ari in
Hebron Facebook post

VISIT HEBRON TODAY!

 

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