Shalva Band

[4][5] The band gained public interest in 2019 when it competed in HaKokhav HaBa,[6] a music reality show which selects the Israeli representative to the Eurovision Song Contest.

[7] The band reached the final stages of qualification, but later learned that they would be required to disobey Shabbat observance during rehearsals for Eurovision.

[24] The band has cooperated with leading musicians from Israel, including Shlomi Shabat, Avraham Fried, Moshe Peretz, Eyal Golan, David Broza, Idan Amedi, Shiri Maimon, Yonatan Razel, and Natan Goshen.

[25] Internationally famous singers and actors, including Demi Lovato and Jamie Foxx, have praised the band.

[18] In May 2023, the band performed on the stage of the United Nations in Geneva, in honor of Israel's 75th Independence Day, for hundreds of diplomats.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump applauds the Shalva Band, performers at the Israeli American Council National Summit on December 7, 2019, in Hollywood, Florida. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)