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One of Vanity Fair<\/em>'s best books of 2022<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

“A fascinating and intense account of Leonard Cohen’s time in Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.”<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

—Suzanne Vega<\/p><\/div>

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The Wisdom of Hamas (The Free Press, Dec. 28, 2023)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
They understand the war they\u2019re fighting. Many in the West still don\u2019t. JERUSALEM \u2014 In the days after Hamas terrorists…<\/div><\/article><\/a>

Let Objects Speak: A web series from Beit Avi Chai<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
“Let Objects Speak,” produced by Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem, takes viewers on a tour of some of the Jewish…<\/div><\/article><\/a>

Back to 1948 (The Free Press, Oct. 19, 2023)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
My smartphone says it\u2019s October 2023, but in Israel it feels like 1948.  That was the year this country was…<\/div><\/article><\/a>

When Did Humans Start Settling Down? (Smithsonian Magazine, July\/August 2023)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Matti Friedman Twelve thousand years ago, long before the beginning of recorded history, a group of perhaps 200 people lived…<\/div><\/article><\/a>

Speech at Jerusalem protest, 9.7.23<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
(This is the English translation of a speech I delivered in Hebrew at a protest against the Israeli government’s policies…<\/div><\/article><\/a>

Leonard Cohen TV Drama, \u2018Who by Fire,\u2019 Set With \u2018Shtisel\u2019 Writer Yehonatan Indursky (Variety, Nov. 28, 2022)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
By K.J. Yossman for Variety Leonard Cohen\u2019s 1973 visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur war is set to…<\/div><\/article><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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