Sunday
Nov242013
Atzmon writes on political matters, social issues, Jewish identity and culture. His papers are published on very many press outlets around the world. Here is just a short list of his recent publications: World News, Press Tv, Rebelion, The Daily Telegraph, Uprooted Palestinians, Veterans Today, Palestine Telegraph, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Aljazeera Magazine, Information Clearing House, Middle-East-Online, Palestine Chronicle, The People Voice, Redress, Shoa (The Palestinian Holocaust) , The Guardian, transcend and many more.
Gilad Atzmon's New Book: The 
Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics
Jewish identity is tied up with some of the most difficult and contentious issues of today. The purpose in this book is to open many of these issues up for discussion. Since Israel defines itself openly as the ‘Jewish State’, we should ask what the notions of ’Judaism’, ‘Jewishness’, ‘Jewish culture’ and ‘Jewish ideology’ stand for. Gilad examines the tribal aspects embedded in Jewish secular discourse, both Zionist and anti Zionist; the ‘holocaust religion’; the meaning of ‘history’ and ‘time’ within the Jewish political discourse; the anti-Gentile ideologies entangled within different forms of secular Jewish political discourse and even within the Jewish left. He questions what it is that leads Diaspora Jews to identify themselves with Israel and affiliate with its politics. The devastating state of our world affairs raises an immediate demand for a conceptual shift in our intellectual and philosophical attitude towards politics, identity politics and history.
The book is available on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Gilad Atzmon on HardTalk BBC Persia (english) from Gilad Atzmon on Vimeo.
Friday
Nov222013
Gilad Atzmon gets globetrotting at the Queen Elizabeth Hall – EFG London Jazz Festival 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013 at 7:38PM Gilad Atzmon http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com
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Tonight’s show was no exception, beginning with a whistle-stop tour of a few favourite cities: ‘Paris’, ‘Tel Aviv’, and ‘Moscow’. Yaron Stavi (bass), Frank Harrison (keys) and Eddie Hick (drums) who make up the other three quarters of the Orient House Ensemble, know how to conjure up a sense of place that’s vibrant and dynamic. But the OHE were just the opening act in terms of what Gilad had up his sleeve. Having warmed up his instruments (accordion, clarinet, soprano, alto), wound up his audience with some nicely non-PC jokes, and chatted up the very fine Sigamos String Quartet, arranged and led by Ros Stephen, ‘the hippies’ – Jennifer Bennett (violin and viola de gamba) and Yair Avidor (theorbo) – joined him on stage for the deconstructed and expansive ‘Scarborough (Fair)’ and ‘Leipzig’, a rendition of a portion of Bach’s St Matthew passion. The set ended impeccably with a tour through sleazy, carnivalesque ‘Berlin’. |
Gilad Atzmon’s performances inspire a quirky and contradictory set of adjectives not usually applied to other jazz musicians: exuberant, belligerent, droll, generous, unapologetic, outrageous, exquisite, tragi-comic, edgy, folksy, caricatured, tumultuous… should I go on? It’s that edge-of-your-seat quality that I like so much; never quite knowing either in a solo, a setlist or his guest line-up, what’s going to happen next to deliberately disrupt the flow.Wednesday
Nov202013
Tuesday
Nov192013
Sarah Salibi: Turn the Gaza Lights On
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 11:02AM Gilad Atzmon http://othersite.org/
Imagine that you have to spend your night in utter darkness, to arrange your plan for each day according to a power-cut plan, or to force yourself into bed as there is nothing you can do other than to sit in the dark. Picture yourself studying for your exams using a candle, or spending all day long waiting for the electricity to come back, or walking in streets at night that are only lit by cars' headlights. If you find it hard to imagine all of these things combined, just seek the help of a Palestinian from Gaza. No one could explain it better.
It has been a week since the government announced the new electricity schedule. Yet I still find it very difficult to adapt to. Previously, power used to be off for 8 hours a day. We accustomed ourselves to that schedule despite the fact that it took us a while to get used to it.
The electricity crisis seems to be moving from bad to worse. Never better. Currently, we only get to see electricity for 6 hours a day. That means that power is off for 18 hours! When I heard the news about the new power-cut plan, I was stunned, my mind froze. I’m not sure how successful I will be at adapting myself to it. I got mad just wondering how I’ll get through the day. What should we do during the 18 hours of darkness? Or should the question be “How can we make the most of the 6 hours of electricity?” Should I Study? Use the Internet? Do the housework? Watch TV? Do the laundry? Ughhh! This is very confusing. Deciding what to do during the 6 hours with electricity is much harder than the 18-hour power-cut! What a busy 6-hours it’ll have to be!
Tuesday
Nov192013
Jewish Light Bulb Jokes
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 10:36AM Gilad Atzmon 
In the light of the darkness in Gaza, here is a collection of Jewish Light Bulb Jokes
Q: How many Orthodox Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: What is a light bulb?
Q: How many secular assimilated Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: My grandmother, who lived in a Shtetl changed lightbulbs. Today, we get a Goy to do it.
Q: How many Israelis does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: 26: 18 to surround the building, 6 to storm the room and kill the terrorists, one to forcibly expel the old bulb, and another one to screw the new one in and forever.
Q: How many progressive Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Vhy, we don’t need any! we’ll form Jewish Voices for Light Bulbs (JVLB) and use it to keep the rest of humanity forever in the dark.
Q: How many Reform Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Change it? Who wants to change it? We just want to improve it!
Q: How many Lubabavitchers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, it never died.
Q: How many Marxist Jews does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, after the revolution the proletariat will do it for us.
Monday
Nov182013
Israeli Ex-Chief Rabbi Arrested For White Collar Crimes
Monday, November 18, 2013 at 1:59PM Gilad Atzmon
Rabbi Yona Metzger, former chief rabbi of Israel, was arrested on Monday morning on the suspicion of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
Metzger was also arrested five months ago. Israel Police said it suspects that the scope of the funds connected with the alleged crimes has reached the millions of shekels. later today, the police will request to extend Metzger's custody for an additional 10 days.
The previous Israeli president Moshe Katzav is locked behind bars for more than a while. He was indicted for rape and other sexual offenses. Seemingly, the Ex Chief Rabbi is destined to join him soon. The Jewish State, is, no doubt, an interesting glimpse into Jewish culture and ethics.
Monday
Nov182013
This Week In London: Atzmon, O'keefe, Hart, Gillespie & more
Monday, November 18, 2013 at 10:23AM Gilad Atzmon 
1. Gilad Atzmon with special guests Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy, the Orient House Ensemble, Asaf Sirks, Sarah Gillespie, Sigamos 4tet & more
http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/info/gilad-atzmon
LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8 XX
£10 - £20
It's twenty years since Gilad first landed in Britain and since then, he's made a huge impact as a composer and saxophonist. This concert celebrates his best-known group Orient House Ensemble (Frank Harrison, Eddie Hick & Yaron Stavi), with friends including the Sigamos Quartet led by Ros Stephen, Sarah Gillespie, Asaf Sirkis, Jennifer Bennett and Yair Avidor.
They will be joined by two very special guests - the legendary Wilko Johnson, who will be playing a few numbers to close the show, and Norman Watt-Roy, Gilad's compadre in The Blockheads.
“Atzmon’s spirit and soul inhabit every one of his compositions, and his playing is truly exceptional” All About Jazz
Watch videos:
Gilad With Strings
Norman Watt-Roy , Wilko Johnson Faith & Grace Tour
Songs Of The Metropolis
Liberating the American People
2. Seek, Speak, Spread Truth - London Conference
We will explore a variety of taboos and may as well injure a few sacred cows. If you are in London area, make sure you attend this conference.
Date: Sat 23 Nov 2013
Time: 9am-9pm
Venue: The Wesley Hotel, 81-103 Euston St, London, NW1 2EZ
Sunday
Nov172013
Gilad in NY - short and fun film by David Scott Blackwell
Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 10:07PM Gilad Atzmon Recorded at Zeb Studio
Ben Meigners - dr'
Jason Brown - bass
Soul Rubin - guit'
On Thursday in London: Gilad Atzmon with special guests Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy with the Orient House Ensemble
Thursday 21 November | 7:30PM
LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall
http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/info/gilad-atzmon
Sunday
Nov172013
Saturday
Nov162013
If I Were A Rothschild And The Yearn For Mammon (video)
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 12:15PM Gilad Atzmon 
By Gilad Atzmon
Many people are familiar with Fiddler on the Roof, the 1960’s musical set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. The Musical is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) as well as other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The most memorable tune from this Jewish American musical was ‘If I Were a Rich Man’. I guess that not many would know that the musical was also translated into Hebrew and Yiddish. However, the translator of the Hebrew and Yiddish shows took some liberties in their adaptation; they decided to appeal to the Jewish imagination, by means of concretisation . ‘If I Were A Rich Man’ became, ‘If I Were A Rothschild.’
