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May 14, 2018

Israeli Popular Music Is Bridging a Painful Fault Line

From Independence Day celebrations to Eurovision.

Many Israelis took extra pride in their country this weekend when the pop singer Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision musical contest—a major event in Europe and the Middle East—with a song bearing a distinctively Middle Eastern flavor. Considering the changes in Israeli popular culture over the past few decades, Matti Friedman explains what one can learn about the Jewish state from its music:

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May 14, 2018

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