A Musical Israel @ 60
   LISTEN TO THE PODCAST        🕮    The Book of Life celebrates Israel's 60th birthday  with a musical extravaganza!   >  Composer Yuval Ron  talks about the music he created for the Oscar-winning short film West Bank Story >  Fran Manushkin  discusses her book Come, Let Us Be Joyful: The Story of Hava Nagila >  We learn about the 60 @ 60  concert tour with music promoter Michael Dorf , who tells us about the best in new Israeli pop music, including:     Yael Naim  (you know her from the MacBook Air ad )  Idan Raichel  Habanot Nechama  David Broza  Rami Kleinstein  Matisyahu  Paul Shaffer  John Zorn  Noa     CREDITS: Special thanks to Vaskez for the techno version of Hava Nagila , to John Zorn for permission to use the track "Nekashim" from the CD The Dreamers , and to Habanot Nechama  for permission to use the track "So Far." Our regular background music is provided by The Freilachmakers  Klezmer String Band.   Books, DVD's and CD's mention...
