Noga Emanuel

1 month ago | fathomjournal.org | Noga Emanuel |Ittay Flescher |Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Noga Emanuel reviews the history of Israeli songs which resonate in times of war. What causes certain songs to seize the public’s imagination at times of national anxiety and grief, Emanuel asks, comparing songs which rose to prominence during previous conflicts with the contemporary anthem, ‘Blessed God Always Loves Me’.

Jun 25, 2024 | fathomjournal.org | Lyn Julius |Noga Emanuel

Lyn Julius is the author of Uprooted: how 3,000 years of Jewish civilisation in the Arab world vanished overnight, published by Vallentine Mitchell in 2018. The Farhud is the name given to the Nazi-inspired massacre of Jews in Iraq in June 1941.