For Zion's Sake...

Eight Nights, a Hanukkah mash-up song, done by the acapella group StandFour. StandFour includes four alumni of Yeshiva University’s acapella group the Maccabeats.

The Black Eyed Peas visited the Kotel before their upcoming concert in Israel.

The Lollapalooza festival is now going to be in Israel, slated to be in Tel Aviv from August 20-23, 2013! Perry Farrell explains why he has decided to choose Tel Aviv as his next expansion!

Singer Sarah Aroeste will highlight an upcoming Ladino, the language of Sephardic Jewry, concert and culture festival in Gilbraltar.

Guns N Roses play Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, in Tel Aviv on their most recent concert tour.

Madonna invites star Israeli DJ to her Turkey concert

“The kabbala-loving ‘Girl Gone Wild’ reached out to DJ Offer Nissim late on Wednesday night, asking the Tel Aviv-based performer to open her Thursday show in Istanbul. Despite the last-minute notice, the Israeli DJ accepted the offer, and is set to kick off the singer’s concert at the Turk Telecom Arena. The high-profile invitation is the latest coup for Nissim, a veteran of Tel Aviv’s club scene who’s also managed to build a fan base overseas. The DJ has remixed songs by singers including Beyonce and Christina Aguilera, as well as by Madonna herself.”

An interview with Israel’s most popular band, The Young Professionals. They talk about their music and identity.

CNN iReport documents the new fad in Tel Aviv: silent raves.

“Moves Like Moses,” a parody of “Moves Like Jagger” describing a boy’s bar mitzvah.

Bono makes surprise personal trip to Israel

Drake pays homage to his Jewish faith and background in his upcoming music video.

Assad's leaked email reveals music tastes, purchases on iTunes

“Alongside songs from the Lebanese actor and singer Nasri Shamseddine, who remains popular in the Arab world almost 30 years after his death, there is an eclectic mix of artists from the 1990s British duo Right Said Fred to the US singer Chris Brown. The fact that the US last year imposed sanctions against Assad and other Syrian government officials, prohibiting ‘US persons’ from engaging in transactions with them, may explain why Assad’s iTunes account is registered to another name and a New York address.”

The Assad Playlist:

1. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton
2. Don’t Talk Just Kiss - Right Said Fred
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. We Can’t Go Wrong - The Cover Girls
5. Hurt - Leona Lewis
6. Look at me Now - Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne
7. A Tribute to Cliff Richard - 21st Century Christmas
8. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
9. Nasri Shamseddine

Matisyahu goes blonde. This is from his recently shoot in Jerusalem. Could this be for Purim?

Students from Ben Gurion University in Israel made this parody video of Empire State of Mind on student life.

Jewish jazz singer Sophie Milman who attributes her immigrant experience in Russia and Israel to her soulful and emotional sound.

Courtesy of The Jerusalem Post.