Miri Ben-Ari took to her Instagram story to claim that Kanye West has reportedly reached out to her mother and apologized."Kanye West just called my mom and apologized."Miri Ben-Ari is an Israeli American violinist, producer, and humanitarian best known for fusing violin with hip-hop and dance music. She is considered the first and only violinist to have won a Grammy in the hip-hop category. Ben-Ari has won several honours, including the International Jewish Woman to Watch Award in 2007 and the Israel Film Festival Visionary Award in 2008, among others.Ben-Ari has collaborated with big names in the music industry, including Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Alicia Keys. Ben-Ari played the violin parts on Ye's acclaimed 2004 album The College Dropout. While Ben-Ari has not specified what Kanye West is apologizing for, the rapper had released a song titled "Heil Hitler" on May 8, 2025. In the track, the rapper praised Adolf Hitler, and has on several occasions made antisemitic comments.More about Miri Ben-AriMiri Ben-Ari was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and began training classically on the violin from a young age. Ben-Ari, during her Israeli military service, played with the IDF orchestra before moving to New York.In 2006, she co-founded the non-profit organization Gedenk (Yiddish for "remember" 2006, whose mission was for holocaust awareness, education for tolerance, and young engagement around racism/anti-semitism. Ben-Ari, in August 2023, while speaking to TJV News, opened up about being Israeli and a third-generation Holocaust survivor."My family came from great struggle. I had to carry their story my whole life. When you come from pain, your journey is more meaningful. Your sound is more soulful."Ben-Ari, when asked about the worrying rise of antisemitism around the world by YNet News, said,"It's very sad that since October 7, we, the Jewish people, have been grouped into hate. And we all deal with that in different capacities. There is a lot of antisemitism all over the world and unfortunately also in America. One of the things I chose to do to combate hate and antisemitism is through my project, Symphony of Brotherhood."Ben-Ari's composition, "Symphony of Brotherhood" (featuring a sample of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech), is explicitly about unity, bridging divides, and especially Black-Jewish cooperation.Ben-Ari is also a Goodwill Ambassador of Music to the United Nations (Brazil) and has received multiple humanitarian awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, among others.