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Everyone feels Yom Kippur in Israel, even people who aren't necessarily religious or observant. So, for most Americans, the 1960s ended, I guess, with that famous Rolling Stones show that goes awry. So, cultural trends that were already old in America hadn't yet arrived in Israel. In those years, everything reached Israel late.

So, that kind of communal feeling of the 1960s, even the music of the 1960s, it was still going on in Israel in 1973. It's also worth pointing out that in Israel, 1973 is still the 1960s. And, this all comes crashing down on October 6th, 1973 when the Yom Kippur War begins. They've pulled off this great military victory and people I think get a bit confused about the actual direction of things. So, the country really feels very confident. And, this is a great victory that leads to a period of euphoria in Israel.

Israel captures the Golan Heights and the West Bank and the Old City of Jerusalem and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. The victory of 1967 saw Israel defeat three Arab armies-the Syrian army, the Jordanian army, and the Egyptian army. Matti Friedman: So, 1973-and I think you remember some of this, Russ, because I know you lived in Israel as a child in those years between the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973-but these are very upbeat years in Israel. And, in 1973, what's happening in Israel? And, that song, of course, is written way after the period we're talking about, along with some of his darker songs and we will talk about that. It's a very popular song on shows like American Idol. And, that's 'Hallelujah,' which has been covered a zillion times. Russ Roberts: And, many listeners, I suspect, will only know one song of Leonard Cohen, although they won't know it's Leonard Cohen necessarily. He's kind of hit a brick wall, and that's where the war catches him. He's actually announced that he's retiring. He's 39, deeply unhappy, feels like he's at a creative dead end. So, many of us probably remember Leonard Cohen in the later stages of his career when he's an elderly gentleman playing to packed stadiums across the world, but the Leonard Cohen of 1973, the Leonard Cohen of this story, is quite a young man. He's, of course, the mind behind some pretty great hits-'Suzanne,' 'So Long, Marianne,' 'Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye,' just to name a few. And, he was very much part of the Bohemian scene in Greenwich Village in the late 1960s. He came out of the same folk music scene that many of your listeners probably remember-people like Joan Baez and Judy Collins. Matti Friedman: Leonard Cohen was one of the great stars of the 1960s. * As an Amazon Associate, Econlib earns from qualifying purchases.

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We Were The Future: A Memoir of the Kibbutz, by Yael Neeman, translated by Sondra Silverston, at.

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