Yonkipor is the holiest day of the year for jews. The country really goes completely silent for 24 hours on yumkeepor. It's quite eerie, if you're not used to it. No one drives on the roads. There are no flights in and out of the airport. Will link to a abrahamravanovitch's book of the homekeeper war,. And michael lawrence book of the sixh day war, a six days war.
In October 1973, an unhappy Leonard Cohen was listening to the radio on his Greek island home when he heard that Israel was at war. He headed to Tel Aviv, exchanging a personal and creative crisis for a national one. Absent a plan and even a guitar, Cohen wound up serenading Israeli soldiers at the front. Journalist Matti Friedman talks about his book Who by Fire with EconTalk host Russ Roberts and explains how a songwriter and a nation were transformed in the crucible of war.