In israel, you do several years of service after high school. At the moment, it's about threer for men and two years for women. And then you belong to a reserve unit. So how does leonard coen fit into the story? It's kind of surprising to meet leonardCohen in this story. I think he was actually quite surprised to find himselfin this story as well.
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.