One of Vanity Fair's best books of 2022
“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
Speech at Jerusalem protest, 9.7.23
(This is the English translation of a speech I delivered in Hebrew at a protest against the Israeli government’s policies…
Leonard Cohen TV Drama, ‘Who by Fire,’ Set With ‘Shtisel’ Writer Yehonatan Indursky (Variety, Nov. 28, 2022)
By K.J. Yossman for Variety Leonard Cohen’s 1973 visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur war is set to…
Vanity Fair: Best Books of 2022
Matti Friedman’s concise and poetic book recounts Cohen’s highly improvised concert tour of the front lines of the 1973 Yom…
Times Literary Supplement (UK) review, Nov. 11, 2022
By David Lipset When Syria and Egypt, still indignant at their humiliating defeat in the Six Day War six years…
“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…
