Matisyahu playing at a festival he was disinvited from
skip – Matisyahu signs Jerusalem at Sunsplash.
Matisyahu signs Jerusalem at Sunsplash.
Matisyahu may no longer sport a large beard or be affiliated with the Chabad movement, but his Jewishness was front and center once again in August. European BDS protesters successfully forced a Spanish festival to disinvite him from playing for his refusal to declare his support for a Palestinian state. After a wave of public backlash to the decision, Matisyahu eventually was invited back and defiantly played the song “Jerusalem” in front of a crowd that flew Palestinian flags. “Let music be your flag,” he said during his set.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.693504
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