Rock

Los Angeles Rock ’n Roll Fantasy Camp offers October 7 survivors rare respite from trauma

Three years after that devastating day in October, the survivors continue to do what their people have done for millennia in the face of adversity: sing and make music.

Raz Shifer of Ramat Gan, a Nova Festival survivor, performs at L.A.'s Viper Room in a scene from "The Bridge," a documentary about Israeli trauma survivors and their week at Rock ’n Roll Fantasy Camp.
A view of Silwan, next to the Old City of Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque, November 13, 2024; illustrative.

Police investigate shots fired in Silwan after alleged stone-throwing incident

 A microscopic view of buried basalt from Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov. This image shows olivine basalt recovered from the Eshel Ya‘aqov borehole, examined as a thin section under polarized light to reveal its minerals and texture. Image taken under cross-polarized light (XPL); scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Ancient humans precisely navigated northern Israel to find right stones for tools, study suggests

Israeli singer and songwriter Esther Shamir.

Pioneering Israeli rock singer-songwriter Astar Shamir dies at 71


Palestinian Health Ministry reports Palestinian shot dead by Israeli settler

Yossi Dagan, the Head of the Samaria Regional Council, said the shooting was an act of self-defense during a life-threatening attack.

  Samaria Regional Council Head, Yossi Dagan.

Ben-Gvir to Gallant: Come to your senses, let Jews through Huwara roads

The current clashes come after Israel order the closing of shops in Huwara after an attempted murder earlier that day.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on, January 28, 2023.

Israeli man shoots Palestinian after family ambushed

The vehicle, which was reportedly forced to stop due to the barricade, was then pelted with stones by a number of Palestinian assailants, according to the Binyamin Regional Council.

A vandalized car in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 2017

A Duran Duran dream come true - review

Fans were instantly hit with a sense of nostalgia.

 DURAN DURAN take a bow in New York.

Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal rock art in Namibia

Engravings of animal tracks and human footprints appear in numerous traditions of prehistoric rock art around the world and many of these engravings can be found in Namibia. 

 Detail of Stone Age depictions of human footprints and animal tracks in Doro Nawas mountains, Namibia.

What are the mysterious '100,000 soldiers' in these French caves?

The French Trubac Caves were found with little rock formations across the floor that look like soldiers standing at attention.

 The '100,000 soldiers' in the Trabuc Caves.

Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80

Robertson is of Jewish descent, coming from his father's side of the family.

 Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80

Tel Aviv metal fan intent on bringing favorite Swedish band to Israel

Shachar Tal has his sights set on obscure Swedish progressive rockers Änglagård, a decidedly non-mainstream band that only sporadically releases its albums.

 SWEDISH PROGRESSIVE rockers Änglagård – will a crowdfunding campaign bring them to Israel?

RetroAct - a young band looking retro

With a new album in the works, an assortment of shows planned and a more official tour slated for later this year, RetroAct’s trajectory is heading skywards.

 RETROACT with Elisha Ledgely, left.

2,000 year old Roman carving of smiley face discovered in Spain

The carving features three distinct elements - a human face, a cornucopia and a phallus - within a space measuring 57 x 42 centimeters.

 A statue of Hercules and a lion