Tonight marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Moving past all the euphoria and towards attempts at wisdom, this episode will feature excerpts from the essay “The Meaning of Homeland” by Amos Oz, found in the collection “Under This Blazing Light,” translated by Nicholas de Lange.
Text: Amos Oz, “The Meaning of Homeland” in Under This Blazing Light translated by Nicholas de Lange, Syracuse University Press, 2995.
Music: Canvas (Instrumental Version) by Imogen Heap
Previous Independence Day Episode: A Night to Remember on the Road to Independence
Photo: Hadas Parush/Flash90
“Neither entirely within nor entirely outside … [the] fruitfulness of that creative suffering and cultural flowering which is always and everywhere the outcome of souls divided against themselves…” Amos Oz
This perhaps the true anthem of what we call pluralistic democracy, now in increasingly severe trial.
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