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Tag: Who By Fire

0 Television/Film Culture

How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic

PJ Grisar in Forward · 5 Oct

Canadian director Philippe Lesage's film "Who by Fire," featured in the New York Film Festival, draws inspiration from Leonard Cohen's song of the same name, which itself is influenced by the Yom Kippur liturgy, Unetanneh Tokef.

0 Culture Holidays

Jonathan Schmalzbach in Hadassah · 4 Sep

The article "Who by Fire" appears to be an interactive crossword puzzle featured in Hadassah Magazine, probably related to a Jewish theme, as suggested by its title.

0 Music Israel

This Leonard Cohen Quote About Making Jewish Music Is Perfect

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 21 Feb

Leonard Cohen, the Jewish Canadian musician, had deep connections to Israel and Judaism throughout his life.

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

People of the Pod · 21 Jul 2023

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.

0 Music History

Sources · 1 Dec 2022

The article examines Leonard Cohen's 1973 journey to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, as creatively explored in Matti Friedman's book "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai."

0 Culture Israel

Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman

Call Me Back · 18 Aug 2022

In this episode, Matti Friedman discusses the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, challenges in contemporary journalism, and Leonard Cohen's unexpected involvement in the Yom Kippur War.

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Leonard Cohen changed Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Did it change him?

Forward · 5 Apr 2022

Leonard Cohen's visit to Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 had a profound impact on the country, but the extent to which it changed him remains unclear.