- June 30, 2026
- 11:05 pm
- Israel
In October 2026, Israel will once again hear The Alibi Sisters — the duo of Anna and Angelina Zavalsky, Ukrainian sisters from Kyiv, who have journeyed from the popular group “Алібі” to a project where the Ukrainian scene, Jewish memory, Yiddish, klezmer, and retro aesthetics sound like one story.
The tour will take place from October 10 to 18, 2026, covering several cities in Israel: Nof HaGalil, Ashdod, Netanya, Ashkelon, Rishon LeZion, Petah Tikva, Be’er Sheva, and Haifa. All concerts are scheduled for 20:00, and tickets, according to the organizers Showman, range from 174 to 265 shekels in different cities.
Tickets are already available on the Showman website.
This is not just a tour of a Ukrainian duo.
For many Israelis, especially those whose family histories are connected with Kyiv, Podolia, Odessa, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, or Uman, this concert may be a meeting with that cultural world that cannot always be explained in words. It lives in songs, intonations, old records, family recipes, Yiddish words, grandmother’s memories, and that special music where joy and sadness almost never exist separately.
Who are The Alibi Sisters
Anna and Angelina Zavalsky have been known to the Ukrainian public since the early 2000s as the group “Алібі”. The project appeared on April 6, 2001, and since 2021, the sisters have been performing as The Alibi Sisters. The group’s profile lists pop and klezmer genres, and among the languages of performance are Ukrainian, Russian, and Yiddish.
There is an important detail in the duo’s biography: the sisters were soloists of the folk ensemble “Strumochok” from the age of five, graduated from music school in 1997 with a focus on violin, and later moved on to the professional stage, television, albums, and a large Ukrainian audience. In 2012, “Алібі” ceased artistic activity, but in 2021 the project returned in a new form — with a different musical perspective, sound, and a deeper appeal to Ukrainian-Jewish heritage.
It is this transition that makes the current Israeli tour particularly interesting.
The Alibi Sisters are no longer just nostalgia for the Ukrainian pop scene of the 2000s. It is an attempt to hear anew that cultural layer where Ukrainian folk songs, Yiddish, klezmer, Jewish hits, theatricality, family memory, and the retro image of the 1950s–1960s merge into a cohesive stage form.
Why this concert is important specifically for Israel
In an interview with Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, published on May 15, 2025, Anna Zavalsky explained in detail that the Ukrainian-Jewish theme for the sisters is not a random stylization. She said that even on a household level in Ukraine, many people partially remain carriers of Jewish culture — through songs, dish names, words, family habits, and memory, which was not always openly passed on but often very deeply.
In the same interview, Anna recalled challah, stuffed fish, Yiddish words in family speech, and the song “Vi iz dos gesele,” which their grandmother sang to them in childhood. Such details are important because they show: for The Alibi Sisters, Yiddish and Jewish musical tradition are not museum exhibits but part of living memory that returns through voice, stage, and personal history.
For Israel, this resonates particularly accurately.
Here live people for whom Yiddish is the language of childhood, the language of parents or grandparents, the language of old songs, jokes, prayers, family conversations, and the Eastern European Jewish world. And even if someone no longer speaks Yiddish, music is often recognized faster than words.
Tour organizers describe the program as a concert with a live band, retro aesthetics, dance drive, klezmer spirit, and songs where Jewish hits, Ukrainian folk songs, well-known Ukrainian pop compositions, and world hits sound together. Among the announced Jewish songs are Bublitchki, Main Yiddishe Mamme, Papirossen, Ich Hob Dich Zifeel Lieb, and others.
You can listen on https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlibiSisters
NAnews — Israel News and sTDe | NAnews — event listings in Israel note: in this format, the concert becomes not only a musical event but also a cultural meeting. Here, not only the stage is important, but also who sits in the audience, what family associations arise for the viewers, and why the Ukrainian-Jewish theme sounds so attentively today.
The Berry Sisters, Kyiv, and a return to the Yiddish world
The Showman poster states that Anna and Angelina Zavalsky are inspired by the work of the legendary Berry Sisters. Organizers emphasize the retro atmosphere, live band, and the sense of a time when Yiddish was heard in apartments and on the streets, and Ukrainian and Jewish melodies could alternate at weddings and family celebrations.
In an interview with UJE, Anna Zavalsky also spoke about the connection with the Berry Sisters but clarified an important point: The Alibi Sisters do not try to be a copy of the legendary duo. They use the power of “sisterly thirds,” retro aesthetics, and recognizable vocal kinship while remaining an independent Ukrainian project.
This distinction is fundamental.
When Ukrainian artists sing in Yiddish in Israel, they do not just reproduce old melodies. They reconnect Kyiv, Podolia, the Ukrainian stage, Jewish musical memory, and the modern experience of war, emigration, loss, and return to roots.
In the same interview, Anna Zavalsky said that returning to the Yiddish world is impossible physically, but possible as memory, respect, and a form of cultural return. In her view, it is important to remember not only the tragedy but also life: laughter, food, conversations, love, Sholem Aleichem’s books, and the human warmth of a vanished world.
That is why the Israeli tour of The Alibi Sisters does not look like an ordinary poster for a week in October.
This is a concert for those who want to hear Ukraine not only through war news but through music, culture, voices, and those connections that have existed for centuries between Ukrainians and Jews.
Where and when The Alibi Sisters concerts will take place in Israel
According to Showman, The Alibi Sisters concert tour has been rescheduled to new dates and will take place in Israel from October 10 to 18, 2026.
Nof HaGalil — October 10, 2026
The concert in Nof HaGalil will take place on October 10, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: Berkovich Cultural Center.
Address: Derech HaChativot 4.
Ticket prices: 175–235 ₪.
Ashdod — October 11, 2026
In Ashdod, The Alibi Sisters will perform on October 11, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: Matnas Duna-Yud.
Address: Keren Kayemet LeIsrael St. 90.
Ticket prices: 195–255 ₪.
Netanya — October 12, 2026
The concert in Netanya will take place on October 12, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: Arik Einstein Auditorium.
Address: Beni Berman St. 6.
Ticket prices: 225–255 ₪.
Ashkelon — October 13, 2026
In Ashkelon, the concert is scheduled for October 13, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: Matnas “Woldenberg”.
Address: Gruper St. 15.
Ticket prices: 174–225 ₪.
Rishon LeZion — October 14, 2026
In Rishon LeZion, The Alibi Sisters will perform on October 14, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: “Mofet” Hall.
Address: Rothschild St. 60.
Ticket prices: 195–255 ₪.
Petah Tikva — October 15, 2026
The concert in Petah Tikva will take place on October 15, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: “Sharet” Hall.
Address: HaAliya HaShniya St. 1.
Ticket prices: 195–255 ₪.
Be’er Sheva — October 17, 2026
In Be’er Sheva, the concert will take place on October 17, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: Tamuz — House of Music.
Address: Herzl St. 12.
Ticket prices: 235–265 ₪.
Haifa — October 18, 2026
The final concert of the Israeli tour is announced in Haifa on October 18, 2026, at 20:00.
Venue: “Rappaport” Hall.
Address: HaNasi Ave. 138.
Ticket prices: 195–255 ₪.
Tickets are already available on the Showman website.
What will be featured in the program
A program with a live band is expected, where Jewish hits in Yiddish, Ukrainian folk songs, well-known Ukrainian compositions, and world retro classics will sound not as separate numbers but as one musical route. The organizers’ description highlights the klezmer spirit, dance energy, nostalgia, and stage theatricality.
For the Israeli audience, this may be particularly relatable: here, Ukrainian motifs do not conflict with Jewish ones but become part of a shared memory. And perhaps that is why The Alibi Sisters in Israel are perceived not as foreign performers but as artists who bring a familiar code — only in a new, bright, and stage-assembled form.
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Tickets and tour schedule:
Tickets are already available on the Showman website.
