Issachar Miron

Issachar Miron (; July 5, 1920 – January 29, 2015) was an Israeli and American composer, best known for the song "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena". He was also a poet, writer, educator, filmmaker and stage producer.

Biography Miron was born Stefan Michrowski in Kutno, Interwar Poland to a family of Shlomo Michrowski (department store owner, rabbi, and violinist) and Haya Helen Elbaum-Michrowski (a proficient amateur pianist). His mother died in 1927 at the age of 36 and his father perished in The Holocaust in the Chelmno Ghetto. In particular, he said:

“I got some words that had been written by another soldier in the 22nd Company; the name of this soldier was Jehiel Hagges. The words were brought to me by a lance corporal, whose name is Blum. He showed me the words, and he asked me to compose the music as quickly as possible so that he could take them back when he returned to the 22nd Company. Blum was originally from the 2nd Company to which I belonged, but for a certain time he worked in the 22nd Company as an instructor. When I saw the words, I felt that I could compose a melody for them. I was very enthusiastic when I wrote this melody and I can say that I wrote the music, I might say so, with the blood of my heart.” 1983: International Film and TV Festival; Miron's film Partners in Faith won the Gold Medal 2008: Pete Seeger's album At 89 earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. and Miron got an honorary mention from the Recording Academy for his song "Tzena", which was performed in this album in three languages: Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Family His wife Tsipora Miron was a pianist and organist. Miron was survived by three daughters, Ruth Schleider, Shlomit Aviram and Miriam Lipton, plus six grandchildren, Jennifer and Jeffrey Schleider, Scott and Julie Sholem, Zachary and Gabrielle Lipton, and eight great-grandchildren.