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Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today

JL;DR SUMMARY Matti Friedman's book "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" explores Leonard Cohen's concert tour on the front lines of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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