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Israel Philharmonic Pulls Out Of Charity Concert Because Rabbi Can’t Abide Female Singers

MUSIC Posted: November 6, 2019 8:03 am

The November 20 event in Tel Aviv was planned as a benefit for a nonprofit providing medical care to indigent patients. But that organization’s founder, an Orthodox rabbi, asked that no female singers be included, per a stricture observed by ultra-Orthodox Jews. Furious debate broke out around the country, and the Israel Philharmonic was the first among several performers to withdraw. The concert has now been canceled. – The Times of Israel

MUSIC Published: 11.04.19

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