I have been carrying in my head the idea for ‘Hey Jew’ – a sad spoof of Hey Jude by The Beatles for several years now, long before the tragic events of October 7th. I came up with a draft of first two verses and the chorus around 2018 but didn’t really do anything with […]
Hey Jew (the antisemite’s song) Continue Reading
The song סַע לְאַט (sa le’at – go slow or drive slowly) by Arik Einstein came out in 1974, in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War. Not only is this song beautiful and melodic, but it is also considered by many (me included) to perhaps be the song that best captures the essence of
Sa Le’at (Drive Slow) by Arik Einstein (1974) – The most Israeli song ever? Continue Reading
The song אוֹר גָּדוֹל (or gadol – lit. big light) by אָמִיר דָדוןֹ (Amir Dadon) came out in 2010, but since I spent much of the 2010s in China, the first time this song caught my attention was 2020 – the year I was stuck in Israel and could not return to China due to
Song – Or Gadol (Great Light) by Amir Dadon (2010) Continue Reading
One of my favorite Modern Hebrew expressions, which I teach / review every year when Passover is around the corner, goes like this: What it means is we overcame (literally we passed – עברנו) the Pharoah (פרעה), we shall overcome or pass (נעבור) this (זה) as well (גם). The word את serve as the marker
Past Intense – the perfect Hebrew expression for Passover Continue Reading
All this talking about desert, sands, winds and flutes in the previous post, brought to my mind an Israeli song called שיר אהבה בדואי (Shir Ahava Beduee), or in English – A Bedouin (בדואי) Love (אהבה) Song (שיר). This song is a couple of years older than me. It came out in 1978 and pretty
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