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The “Sixteenth Sheep” Edition

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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode reflects on the enduring popularity of a 47-year-old children's songbook from Israel, examining how it mirrors societal changes over the decades. 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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Tags

Jewish Identity  Zionism  Israeli Culture  Emotional Expression  Leah Goldberg  Children's Songs  Nathan Alterman  Yonatan Geffen  1970s Shift In Literature  Intergenerational Ties 

Places mentioned

Caesarea, Haifa District, Israel
"I am standing in a theater in Caesarea built by King Herod's people 15, 20 years before Jesus was born."

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