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 ...

Israeli folk-pop singer Chava Alberstein is like many folk singers - she's not afraid to get political. In the late 1980s, she recorded a version of "Chad Gadya" - a traditional Passover children's ...

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, ...

Some years ago, folk diva Chava Alberstein discovered therundown immigrant neighborhood around the south Tel Aviv central bus station.For the Israeli superstar, the area became a refuge, a place to ...

Chava Alberstein -- Singer-songwriter from Israel, performing in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Folk songs plus standards by Gershwin, Lennon, McCartney and others. 8 p.m. Dec. 6, Jackson Hall.

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, ...