The third episode of the Sounding Jewish podcast features Dr. Assaf Shelleg. We discuss his entrance into the field of Jewish music studies, recent book publications, and ongoing work on art music by and about Jews.
Assaf Shelleg, a professor of musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the author of the awards winning book Jewish Contiguities and the Soundtrack of Israeli History (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Theological Stains: Art Music and the Zionist Project (Oxford University Press, 2020). Shelleg is the current director of the Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, The Yishuv, and the State of Israel at the Hebrew University; he is also a music contributor for Haaretz, and a curator for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
