At Monday’s (1.2.21) informal IFJMS gathering on Zoom (rather intimate – there were only 7 participants – but very interesting), the topic of Defining Jewish Music suddenly came up for discussion. For all those involved in Jewish music (even for myself, with only 3 years of experience in the field), this is a well-known (some might say, well-worn)…[Read more]

Spectacular World of Jewish Music, a non-profit organization in Israel dedicated to “bringing Jewish music to the forefront of the stage”, is delighted to announce the planned Premiere of The Slave, a new opera by the Jewish American composer Michael Shapiro, in Jerusalem, in the 2022/23 season. The opera is based on the novel The Slave by the…[Read more]