Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

I was listening to a music program of Middle Eastern music on KEXP the other day when this incredibly jaunty, joyful song aired. You don’t hear Hebrew too much on the public airwaves so I was immediately struck by this lovely Israeli song. After calling the DJ, I discovered that it was Mosh [...]

First you’re down, then you’re up, then you’re down again. ‘That’s the story of, that’s the glory of’ Israeli-Arab peace. Way back in the Dark Ages of the Cold War the Union of Concerned Scientists maintained a Doomsday clock that represented the imminent possibility of nuclear conflict. It seemed that the hands [...]

Tonight KBCS broadcast Peter Graff’s The Old Country, one of the station’s finest world music programs. Peter asked Richard Isaac to spin his Israeli disks for the hour and he brought in some extraordinary music. I pride myself on knowing something about contemporary Israeli music, but Richard’s collection is quite superior to mine.

Isaac [...]