Tonight, a small detour from my usual subjects. When I was a UCLA graduate student in 1978,...
Folk & World Music
In the current climate, when a Middle East war may come from any direction, it’s worth...
Yesterday, Israeli poet Yonatan Geffen published a poem on Instagram dedicated to the courage of Ahed al-Tamimi....
It’s been a horrible week. No question about it. Today brings word that Leonard Cohen has died...
The Times of Israel is what I call “junkbox journalism.” In its entire short history, I can’t...
Politics are on holiday today. It was a beautiful autumn day today in Seattle. I walked through...
Daniel Barenboim is far more than a brilliant orchestral conductor. He is a human being, a mensch....
The controversial Israeli-Palestinian performer, Jowan Safadi, produced a new song, It’s Hard to Be an Arab, which features...
Amir Benayoun is one of Israel’s most famous Mizrahi pop stars. The closest thing to him here might be...
Noy Alooshe has produced another one of his magificent satiric hip-hop videos. This one turns Bibi’s Congressional...
There were two songs that played a formative role in my musical life. They are Shto Mi...
Israel’s Channel 2 published a poll which found that in the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge, one-third...
