Dr Elisheva Rigbi, who is the “Chairperson Israel Musicological SOciety”, commented on my post Call for papers “What there is and what there is not to read about music in Hebrew”. She wrote “Want to make a contribution to Israeli society? How about writing your blog IN HEBREW! Then you might have more than just ‘little hope that the Israeli academic world can make a contribution to Israeli society’”. In this post I will explain why my blog is in English and not in Hebrew.

I wrote in my post “What language should a scholar choose for writing?” that “There and issues against and for writing in English or Hebrew. If one writes in English, one can reach a larger audience. There are more scholars that can read what one writes, and comment on it. This is the reason why I decided to write my blog in English.” I have no idea how long I will write this blog. If I will see that people read it, it will grant me motivation.

My blog is not intended to solve the problem of “making a contribution to Israeli society by writing in Hebrew”. I did write a few articles in Hebrew in the past (see publications) and I hope to do so in the future. If I will see that blog writing is for me, I might open another blog in Hebrew.

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Several people wrote to me that they agree with what I wrote in Call for papers “What there is and what there is not to read about music in Hebrew”. I would like to encourage these people and others to comment on this post and other ones. You do not even need to use your real name if you are afraid from the long nails of the Israeli music establishment (that was a joke, by the way…).

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See also:
Response to Dr Elisheva Rigbi’s second comment: are we normal?