Words of the Week: Arik Einstein
When the news came from Israel today of the passing of Arik Einstein, I didn’t understand the magnitude of the loss. I didn’t know that Einstein was “Israel’s Sinatra,” as I read via The Times of Israel. I didn’t even know that Einstein was the source of one of the most beautiful Hebrew songs I know, “Ani v’Ata.”
Listen to the song below. The lyrics are available here.
I, too, remember that song. I learned it years ago, when I and he and you and all of us were younger.
Thanks for sharing, I hadn’t heard of him before.
Very sad day for Israeli culture. Arik was an introverted, gentle and kind soul, who would probably go unnoticed in this age of extravagance.
p.s. I think you should change “understood” in the first line.
Appreciate the comments, all. And thanks, Joab–change made!
I did not know he was the one who set that poem of Bialik’s. There you go, two national poets, still rocking after all these years.