“A fascinating and intense account of Leonard Cohen’s time in Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.”
—Suzanne Vega
Out April 5, 2022
Updates & News
“Who By Fire” on the Honestly podcast with Bari Weiss
Listen to the interview, with great music by Cohen and others, on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.…
In 1973, Leonard Cohen hated his life. Then he went to a war zone (Washington Post review, April 15, 2022)
By Diane Cole Musician, heal thyself. Over the course of his long career, the Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen…
Tracing a Portrait of Leonard Cohen Through the Fog of War (New York Sun review, Feb. 28, 2022)
By A.R. Hoffman People have been singing about wars for just as long as they have been fighting them. The…
Who By Fire (Jewish Book Council review, March 28, 2022)
By Beth Dwoskin Leonard Cohen fans know that Judaism was a critical part of his identity. Experts know that secular Israelis revere…
Tour of Duty: When Leonard Cohen Serenaded Ariel Sharon on the Battlefield (Haaretz, March 22, 2022)
Author Matti Friedman’s book on Leonard Cohen’s tour of the Sinai Desert during the October 1973 war between Israel and…
Why Leonard Cohen joined a war to sing for his brothers, and never spoke of it again (Times of Israel, March 29, 2022)
Using Cohen’s own notes, and recollections of Israeli soldiers who heard him, Matti Friedman teases out the astounding story of…
