Challah-and-cheese sandwiches, sprinkled with beach sand

Singing since age two, soprano Claire Meghnagi looks back on her childhood as the daughter of an Italian-Israeli cantor.
Clare Meghnagi in concert. Photo courtesy Clare Meghnagi

Opera singer Claire Meghnagi recalls growing up in 1970s Israel in a musical family. Her cantor father stood her on a tabletop to sing for guests, and on Shabbat took her and her sister to the shore, where they relished eating sandwiches made of challah and cheese — with a big sprinkling of sand.

Executive Producer – Jonathan Baruch
Producer / Director – Haim Silberstein
DP – Eyal Sela
Editing – Shahar Beeri
Color Grading – Ari Amit
Sound – Oren Sharon