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Matti Caspi

Family members and friends attend a funeral service for singer and composer Matti Caspi, who died after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 12:04 am
‘Greatest musician of our generation’: Legendary artist Matti Caspi laid to rest
Thousands pay respects to iconic Israeli singer as his children hail him as an inspiration; ‘We wouldn’t have Israeli culture without you,’ says Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai
By ToI Staff
The presidential seal is seen in the newly renovated Rose Garden of the White House, August 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
February 8, 2026, 4:34 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 8 – Netanyahu to urgently jet to DC to reset Iran talks agenda
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weighs in on why the PM brought his planned White House visit forward a week and which new military head is flying with him
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Israeli musician Matti Caspi performs in Gush Etzion on December 10, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/Flash 90)
February 8, 2026, 9:43 am
Matti Caspi, singer and composer who helped mold Israeli culture, dead at 76
Caspi, who performed and wrote some of the country’s most enduring tunes, succumbs to cancer; Herzog mourns loss of ‘one of the greatest Israeli composers of our generation’
By Jessica Steinberg
Singer-songwriter Matti Caspi in campaign to raise funds for additional cancer treatment (Courtesy Lehosheet Yad)
July 14, 2025, 5:53 pm
Battling cancer, singer Matti Caspi asks public to help fund innovative treatments
Performer launches crowdfunding campaign to finance experimental therapies he is undergoing that are not covered by national health system
By Jessica Steinberg
The crowd cheering during a concert in Raanana, on June 12, 2021 (Yahav Gamliel/Flash90)
July 29, 2021, 11:24 am
As cases rise, Green Pass system kicks back in for large events and venues
Access to sites for more than 100 people limited to those vaccinated against or recovered from COVID-19, or who have a negative virus test; children under 12 exempt from rules
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Israeli musician Matti Caspi performs in Gush Etzion on December 10, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/Flash 90)
July 28, 2021, 9:00 pm
Israeli singer cancels shows due to ‘fascist’ COVID vaccine restrictions
Popular performer Matti Caspi says he won’t perform after ‘Green Pass’ restrictions reinstated; ‘I won’t cooperate with dictatorship or fascism’
By ToI Staff
Israeli musician Matti Caspi performs in Gush Etzion on December 10, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/Flash 90)
August 10, 2020, 1:10 am
Top singer-songwriter blasts ‘dictator’ Netanyahu for shutting culture venues
When PM ‘decided to close the national library, I decided to respond,’ says Matti Caspi, lashing premier for keeping arts institutions shut since March
By ToI Staff
Leonard Cohen, center, performing with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Ariel Sharon, with arms crossed, and other Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. (Courtesy of Maariv via JTA)
November 11, 2016, 10:02 pm
Leonard Cohen, my father and me
The musician’s visit to Israeli troops — including my dad — in the Sinai Desert during the Yom Kippur War was the beginning of my family’s bigenerational love affair with his irreverent yet spiritual writing
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Robert Indiana's 1977 sculpture 'Ahava' at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem is always a good place to visit, but particularly during the 2020 coronavirus (Wikimedia Commons/ Pikiwikisrael CC BY 2.5)
July 4, 2016, 3:54 pm
Singing stars out at night among Israel Museum sculptures
Jerusalem’s premier art institution puts on a week of nighttime garden performances beginning July 11
By Jessica Steinberg
Fans line up for autographs from Matti Caspi, the iconic musician and singer who showed up at Kibbutz Be'eri for an impromptu concert on July 31, 2014. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
August 1, 2014, 1:30 pm
An iconic singer comes to a kibbutz on the border
The community members need it, said Caspi. ‘For a minute, they forget everything.’
By Jessica Steinberg
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