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After five countries quit Eurovision over Israel, over 1,000 entertainment figures push back

Over 1,000 entertainment industry leaders sign letter backing Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision, rejecting boycott efforts and emphasizing music’s unifying power.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Noam Bettan, Israel's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, poses in this undated handout photo.
GENE SIMMONS of KISS attends the 2021 Tribeca Festival screening of ‘Biography: KISStory’ in New York City in 2021.

Gene Simmons: I never touched drugs because of my mother’s suffering in the Holocaust

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post during a visit to Israel in 2011, Simmons referred to his mother’s Holocaust experience.

|ByDAVID BRINN
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Kiss frontman Gene Simmons learns of his Holocaust survivor mother’s life

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons said his mother almost never spoke about her Holocaust ordeal, including time in Nazi camps.

|ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
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Israeli-born rock icon Gene Simmons turns 70

Born Haim Witz in Tirat Carmel, Israel, Simmons has become an icon in his industry as the front man of KISS, where he plays the character of "the Demon."

|ByAARON REICH

Gene Simmons, Sharon Osbourne, Stephen Fry oppose Eurovision boycott

BDS efforts turn 'a tool of unity into a weapon of division,' write more than 100 entertainment figures who signed letter.

MAY 1, 2019ByAMY SPIRO
Cast member Stephen Fry attends the premiere of the film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" in Los Angeles December 2, 2013.

Haifa-born rock star Gene Simmons sued for sexual harassment

According to the lawsuit filed, Simmons turned standard interview questions into sexual innuendos, among other accusations.

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
Gene Simmons at the FIDF gala in Beverly Hills, Novermber 6, 2015