Jewish rock, bluegrass, country, folk, blues, jazz, klezmer
Years active
1975 (1975)–1983 (1983)
Past members
Avraham Rosenblum
Simcha Abramson
Ruby Harris
Menachem Herman
Gedaliah Goldstein
Amram Hakohen
Beryl Glaser
Todros Glaser
Ben Zion Solomon
Adam Wexler
Yochanan Lederman
Shimon Green
Website
www.diasporaband.com rockinrabbi.com/bio.php
The Diaspora Yeshiva Band (Hebrew: להקת ישיבת התפוצות) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish rock band founded at the Diaspora Yeshiva on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, by baal teshuva students from the United States. In existence from 1975 to 1983, the band infused rock and bluegrass music with Jewish lyrics, creating a style of music it called "Hasidic rock"[1] or "Country and Eastern".[2][3] The band was very popular on college campuses in the early to mid-1980s, and was well known in Jerusalem for its Saturday-night concerts at David's Tomb.[4] It had a considerable influence on contemporary Jewish religious music, inspiring later bands such as Blue Fringe, 8th Day, Reva L'Sheva, Soulfarm, the Moshav Band, and Shlock Rock. Fifteen years after it disbanded, band leader Avraham Rosenblum revived the band under the name Avraham Rosenblum & Diaspora and produced several more albums.
^Tilbury 1989, p. 193.
^"Biography". Diaspora Yeshiva Band. 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^Gelfand, Alexander (8 May 2008). "A Jewish Pop Band Worth the Wait". The Forward. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^"DJSA - Diaspora Yeshiva Band - Live from King David's Tomb - Cassette". djsa.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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