Chava Alberstein, one of Israel's most popular musicians, is a peace activist who has opposed her country's policies on the Palestinians. She says artists should "criticize governments whenever they ...

Whether she performs in English, Hebrew or Yiddish, Israeli singer-songwriter Chava Alberstein always has something thoughtful and incisive to communicate — and a pleasing way of imparting it. A star ...

There is something about Israeli folk singer Chava Alberstein's voice, something fundamentally yearning and soulful, that transcends language, so it hardly matters whether she's singing in Hebrew, ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center Singer-songwriter Chava Alberstein, considered one of the ...

One of the most renowned poems by the Yiddish poet Binem Heller is one he wrote for his older sister Khaye who perished in the Treblinka concentration camp. In the poem, “Mayn shvester Khaye” (“My ...

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Singer Chava Alberstein is one of Israel's most popular musicians. She's recorded nearly 50 albums in 30 years, and she's been controversial. During the first Palestinian uprising, in the late 1980s, ...