10 Facts About Harold Rubin

Harold Rubin was a South African-born Israeli artist and free jazz clarinetist.

Harold Rubin attended the Jeppe High School for Boys and received private instruction in the fine arts.

Harold Rubin organised his own jazz group in the 1950s, snuck into black townships, and played alongside black musicians.

Harold Rubin became the second South African to be charged with blasphemy.

Harold Rubin quickly re-established himself in Tel Aviv, and was employed as an architect in the office of Arieh Sharon, on projects in Israel and abroad.

Harold Rubin taught at an academy of architecture and design between the 1960s and his retirement in 1986.

Harold Rubin began creating visual art as a critique and commentary on the militaristic aspect of Israeli society as early as the 1960s.

Harold Rubin returned to playing jazz in late 1979, having previously given up performance for more than a decade after his emigration from Africa.

Harold Rubin became a founding member of the 1980s Zaviot jazz quartet, which recorded albums with the label Jazzis Records and performed at festivals and clubs in Israel and Europe until its break-up in 1989.

Harold Rubin's family included two sons from his first marriage, as well as one daughter and two stepdaughters from his second.