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Just in front of Sam's Club & Home Depot
hen the men of Shtar
walked into a Tel Aviv bar
on Halloween to perform,
the audience was left guessing as to
whether the band was in costume.
Five guys in black velvet kippot,
white collared shirts and black pants,
the typical garb of haredi men, is not
the norm at Mike's Place in Israel's
secular capital. But OH Murray, Brad
Rubinstein, Dan Isaac, Avi Sommers
and Tzvi Solomons are the real deal.
"I think to a good portion of the
world, it's still a bit shocking:' says
29-year-old Murray (who goes by
"M'Ori").
The rap lyricist for the hip-hop,
pop, electronic fusion band tells JNS.
org: "I just think they don't associate
normality with us. Definitely not rap
or any music style they would not
associate with us:'
Though the band — whose name
is a talmudic word meaning contract
— is used to hearing initial chuck-
les in Israeli venues, such as when
they played the independent artists
festival "InDNegev" in October, its
members say their music is bringing
people together all over the world
and changing minds. Once they start
playing, they always get a venue
bouncing.
"I think we can build bridges:' says
the 40-year-old Rubinstein (guitar-
ist/songwriter/producer), a father of
six who lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh
in a neighborhood a stone's throw
away from Murray and his wife and
three kids, as well as 27-year-old
Isaac and his wife and two kids.
"Being a frum yid (religiously
observant Jew) doesn't make you
weird or restrict you in any way,
shape or form. You can definitely
build bridges and create shalom:'
Shtar released its new EP, Boss, on
Dec. 5 — 18 months after the release
of its debut album Infinity, which
was a collection of funk-inspired
prayers like "Adon Olam" and "Shir
Hamaalot," original spiritual grooves
and smooth, Sephardi choruses
alongside eloquent raps.
Infinity is more religiously themed
and features more Hebrew than Boss,
which is all in English, says Murray,
who grew up in a rough neighbor-
hood in Seattle.
Rather than lines like, "Who is like
you in this living world / Who is like
you in the heavens above / Who will
last for eternity / Who created infin-
ity," from the Infinity title track, Boss
features more of a pop and electron-
ica sound and songs about an indi-
vidual's struggles, as told through
Murray's own experiences.
"On pretty much every track
there's a story," he says. "I have ups
and downs in my life. That's what