26 Podcast Episodes
Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today
Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today
Last month, we sat down with journalist and author Matti Friedman in a Jerusalem studio to talk about Leonard Cohen, the... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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29mins
Friends In Need - with special guest Matti Friedman
Friends In Need - with special guest Matti Friedman
The battle for Israeli democracy, to quote the opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu's "judicial reform" plan, moved to a new ... Read more
10 Feb 2023
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44mins
Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu
Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel - a country founded on secular, European principles - just voted into power the most right wing, religious govern... Read more
3 Jan 2023
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40mins
Episode 186 - The Deep Chronicler of Israeli Life: A Conversation with Matti Friedman
Episode 186 - The Deep Chronicler of Israeli Life: A Conversation with Matti Friedman
ABOUT THIS EPISODE Matti Friedman went to Israel "for a year" at age 17, and never left. His subsequent writing in the t... Read more
5 Sep 2022
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53mins
Matti Friedman, "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (Spiegel & Grau, 2022)
Matti Friedman, "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (Spiegel & Grau, 2022)
In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—tr... Read more
30 Aug 2022
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1hr 4mins
Matti Friedman, WHO BY FIRE: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
Matti Friedman, WHO BY FIRE: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
Journalist and author Matti Friedman joins Zibby to discuss his latest book, Who By Fire, which recounts the incredible ... Read more
19 Aug 2022
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30mins
Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman
Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman
Matti Friedman is one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all matters related to Israel, on the broader Midd... Read more
18 Aug 2022
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57mins
Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War
Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War
In October 1973, an unhappy Leonard Cohen was listening to the radio on his Greek island home when he heard that Israel ... Read more
6 Jun 2022
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1hr 9mins
Too Jewish - 5/22/22 - Matti Friedman
Too Jewish - 5/22/22 - Matti Friedman
Matti Friedman, author of "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai"
23 May 2022
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54mins
Stoking Hate - How Israel Is Covered In The Media with Matti Friedman
Stoking Hate - How Israel Is Covered In The Media with Matti Friedman
Creative Community For Peace Presents Dispelling the Myths with Director Ari Ingel. A series of conversations with thou... Read more
13 Apr 2022
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1hr 4mins