As a non-English scholar I have a great dilemma what language to chose when I write about music. I have written a few articles in Hebrew but my PhD dissertation and most of my research thereafter was written in English.

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.

The reason to write in Hebrew is that I think in this language, and express myself better in it. I am aware that my English might sound strange to native English speakers (I hope that what I say compensates on it). One swims more easily in his or her mother tongue.

Another to write in Hebrew is that there is very little written in this language available to Hebrew readers. Young music lovers, who do not read English (or simple find it hard to read in this language), have very little to read. Why should all the latest research on music arrive to Israel only ten years after it was first published (the sad truth is that it usually does not arrive to Israel at all).

The dilemma will never end. But solutions must be found.