The 17th edition of the festival offers the usual expansive spread of family-oriented activities, with sporting events, workshops, guided tours and plenty more. Back in the 80s, at the height of the ...

The Israeli band Hadag Nahash with frontman Shaanan Streett, far right. Photo by Ohad Romano The latest single from the Israeli funk/hip-hop band Hadag Nahash, “Vote With Your Feet,” is a catchy pop ...

Hadag Nahash is one of the most popular hip-hop groups in Israel. The group blends hip-hop with biblical Hebrew, funk and politics in a way that has brought them both praise and controversy. The group ...

"Let's hear it for Shmuli!" is not a line one expects from the stage of the House of Blues. But what else to say after Shmuli Alon-flutist and sax player of Israeli band Hadag Nahash- sang such a ...

Jerusalem is a desert town, where rain is an infrequent and welcome visitor. And rather than being a cosmopolitan melting pot, it’s been brutally split down ancient ethnic and religious lines. In one ...

If you weren’t at Unbuckled last Thursday, your only excuse is that you were over at the 6th and I St. Synagogue checking out rising Israeli hip hop stars, Hadag Nahash (Snakefish). Listening to rap ...

Podcast: Hadag Nahash’s Shaanan Streett talks music, words and dreams The Israeli rapper muses about 25 years with his hip hop band, his new book and the mysteries of Jerusalem ...

It’s been 25 years since hip hop rappers Hadag Nahash appeared on the Israeli music scene, introducing their brand of feel-good Middle Eastern groove with a hefty dose of Israeli left-wing politics.

Combining hip-hop, rock, reggae, and funk, and spiced with Middle Eastern flavor, Hadag Nahash’s distinct sound has brought the band international fame. Booming out of Jerusalem in 1996, Hadag Nahash ...

One of the hallmarks of great Jewish literature is its writers’ ability to engage in intertextuality: taking an earlier text of Jewish tradition and weaving it into what you are writing in a creative ...