Miriam Herschlag, Sara Hirschhorn and Noah Efron talk about (1) The open-letter from Airforce reservists and retirees, calling on the Government to end the war, the army’s scorched-earth response, and the flood of letters-of-support for the original letter – What’s it all mean?; and (2) The decision by Hebrew University’s elite publishing house, Magnes, to shelve plans to publish a Hebrew translation of Mein Kampf, and whether or not there is a place on Israeli shelves for Hitler’s now-100-year-old manifesto.
All this and a singular record launch, a memorial tribute to Yaakov Kirschen, the auteur behind “Dry Bones,” and meeting a legend of Israeli song.
Songs
Hadag Nahash’s brand-new Tehilim, or Psalms, record – Yabi‘a Omer.
- Mi Ha-Ish
- Ki Le-Olam Hasdo
- Al Tashlicheini le-Et Zikna
Listening to the discussion of the open letter by reservists about tha Gaza War I strated thinking back to earler conflict and when war weariness set. As Tom Paine said “These are the times that try men’s souls.” This happens in long wars,. It happened inthe American Civil War AKA The War of the Rebellion. Were it not for Sheman’s vicotory at Atlanta McClellan might have one the 1864 election and ended the war with a division of the country and the continuation of slavery. Think of he muties inthe Fench Army in WWI. By the end of 1944 and into 1945 the US was getting tired fo the war. This is why Hamas seeks to proong the war. I will grnat that Israelli sttragey has been pooly thiguth out but was also retricted by stupid american advice. Rafah and the Philadelphi corridor shoud have been the first targets. Seond a secure area should have been set up after al the tunnels had been destroyed so that any non-cmabatants could move there after screening. Now is not the time to give up hard as that may be.