Writings

Oct 14, 20249 min read

It’s a very small world when you play the saz

My wife Mira and I have been living in Ein Kerem for the last month. It is an ancient village, thousands of years old and its stone...

Oct 5, 20249 min read

People do not usually come to Jerusalem for the music although there is much music here. Many visitors, whether they be Jews, Christians...

Sep 16, 202415 min read

The academic field called ethnomusicology aspires to encompass the comparative study of the world’s music, both present and past, defined...

Feb 13, 20232 min read

Canadian Jewish composer and friend of Israel Ben Steinberg has passed away. I wanted him to live to be a hundred, even more. But that...