Shows are canceled, clubs come under attack and politics is dividing the community. The lives of Israeli jazz musicians in New York are no longer the same
Israeli jazz at Dizzy's Club in New York, from left: Tom Oren on piano, Elam Friedlander on bass and drummer Eviatar Slivnik.
Shows are canceled, clubs come under attack and politics is dividing the community. The lives of Israeli jazz musicians in New York are no longer the same
10:34 AM • April 04 2026 IDT
A few days after October 7, 2023, trumpeter Itamar Borochov was walking in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, where he lives. Along the way, he heard music coming from a local club. To his surprise, it turned out to be a "Free Palestine" party. As people danced, video clips of Hamas' Nukhba terrorists landing in the southern part of Israel on paragliders were screened in the background.
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