Yosef Moshe Kahana, leading musician of the Belzer court, makes the Jewish music that defines the category— that unmistakable sound that fills the soul and replenishes the body like a good cup of warm tea
My friend, manager of a Jewish music superstore in the heart of Yerushalayim, is suggesting different potential interviewees and he sandwiches this name between two industry icons.
I look at him blankly. “Who?”
With the rhythm of a poker player, my friend slaps down a series of albums on his counter. “This is it, L’chaim Tish. Everyone buys it.”
He presses play on the surround-sound system and the store is filled with music. It’s not the type of music that requires you to identify genre or style; it’s just music, filling your insides like the first sip of tea, giving you a vague sense of nostalgia for something you might never have known.
“Okay,” I turn back to my friend, “hook me up please.”
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