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From the Bowery to its Ballroom, Jeryko is breaking walls with sound

JL;DR SUMMARY Yaniv Hoffman, known as Jeryko, is using his soulful, autobiographical music to break barriers and foster connections. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish InspirationJewish IdentityIdfCovid 19 PandemicMusicCultural ConnectionFolk RockYaniv HoffmanJerykoSimi Polonsky

Places mentioned

Crown Heights, New York, United States
"would be holed up in their Crown Heights apartment sick with the novel coronavirus."
Jerusalem, Israel
"After high school, he went to a yeshiva in Jerusalem, but he immediately felt out of place."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Raised in a Conservative Jewish household in Silver Spring, Md."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"playing at a charity event in Los Angeles at which his wife spoke."

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