{"id":117305,"date":"2024-11-27T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117305"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:33:57","slug":"27-00-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117305","title":{"rendered":"Sia Dedicates \u2018Titanium\u2019 Performance to Nova Survivors at Star-Studded Jewish Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Sia Dedicates \u2018Titanium\u2019 Performance to Nova Survivors at Star-Studded Jewish Event<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sia performing at Anti-Defamation League\u2019s 30th annual \u201cIn Concert Against Hate\u201d on Nov. 18, 2024. Photo: Provided\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Grammy-nominated Australian singer Sia performed on Monday night a slow rendition of her hit song \u201cTitanium\u201d in honor of survivors of the\u00a0Nova music festival massacre<\/a>\u00a0that took place in southern Israel last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance took place at the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s 30th annual \u201cIn Concert Against Hate,\u201d a star-studded event inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. It included remarks by America actor Blair Underwood and performances by Israeli singer Eden Golan of her original song \u201cOctober Rain,\u201d which she had to rewrite with different lyrics to perform at the\u00a02024 Eurovision Song Contest<\/a>\u00a0under the title \u201cHurricane,\u201d and a rendition of \u201cOseh Shalom\u201d by the National Symphony Orchestra. The event\u2019s emcee was Jewish-American actor Ben Stiller and attendees included Jewish activists, philanthropists, and Jewish leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sia, who originally recorded \u201cTitanium\u201d with producer and DJ David Guetta, dedicated her performance on Monday night to survivors of the Hamas-led terrorist attack that took place at the Nova music festival in Re\u2019im, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. The song includes lyrics such as \u201cMachine gun, fired at the ones who run\u2026\u201d She sings in the chorus: \u201cI\u2019m bulletproof, nothing to lose\/Fire away, fire away\/Ricochet, you take your aim\/Fire away, fire away\/You shoot me down, but I won\u2019t fall\/I am titanium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sia was introduced on stage by Nova survivor Danielle Gelbaum, who said the singer\u2019s music \u201cgave me the opportunity to know that I will dance and I am dancing again. And tonight, we will dance again.\u201d Gelbaum said on stage that her first time seeing Sia in concert was in Israel in 2016 with her older sister, who also survived the Nova music festival terrorist attack last year. She had the opportunity to met Sia earlier this year at an exhibit in Los Angeles dedicated to the deadly Nova attack. Survivors of the massacre \u2014 in which hundreds were murdered and 40 others were taken as hostages \u2014 also joined Sia on stage after her performance, which was accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n

The singer last performed in Israel in 2016 and was one of hundreds in the entertainment industry who signed an\u00a0open letter<\/a>\u00a0in 2022 rejecting a cultural boycott of Israel.\u00a0Sia met with Golan backstage at the event on Monday night and the Israeli singer shared\u00a0a photo<\/a>\u00a0of them together on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his opening remarks on stage, Stiller talked about the rise of antisemitism in the world and joked about hiding his Jewish heritage \u2014 before he began listing the several Jewish characters he has played on screen. \u201cIt\u2019s a very tough time in the world right now. So much anxiety, uncertainty. So much hate in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cBut tonight we\u2019re going to battle hate with a healthy dose of hope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Music executive Scooter Braun, whose clients include Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, was honored at Monday night\u2019s event with the ADL\u2019s Spotlight Award, for his work in\u00a0bringing an exhibit about the Nova massacre<\/a>\u00a0to the United States. The grandson of Holocaust survivors, he said, \u201cI grew up with the idea of \u2018Never again.\u2019 Never again will we walk to our deaths; never again will we be scared.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat training \u2014 I never thought that I\u2019d have to put it into my everyday life, into my work,\u201d added Braun, whose maternal grandparents met at an ADL event. \u201cThese Nova survivors have given me the greatest gift. Because my whole life I was taught \u2018Never again\u2019 and something changed after I met these kids. Because they live by this mantra, \u2018We will dance again\u2019 \u2026 I want to say, again we will be strong, and again we will be proud and again we will dance. Again and again and again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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