Mayor Barkat to Maccabeats: Film Your Next Video in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, center, flanked by Maccabeats, from left, Josh Jay of Paramus; Chanina Abramowitz of Brooklyn; Jeff Ritholtz of Merrick, N.Y.; Immanuel Shalev of Lawrence, N.Y.; Yonatan Shefa of East Windsor; and David Block of West Hempstead, N.Y. Office of the Mayor of Jerusalem

Mayor Nir Barkat welcomed The Maccabeats to Jerusalem on July 28, where the all-male a cappella group of Yeshiva University performed as part of their world tour. Barkat commended the group for their entrepreneurial spirit, calling them a “true start up,” and invited them to film their next video in Jerusalem. He also offered to connect the Maccabeats to Israeli artists for a joint venture ahead of their next tour in Jerusalem.