Matti Friedman

26 Podcast Episodes

Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today

Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today

Last month, we sat down with journalist and author Matti Friedman in a Jerusalem studio to talk about Leonard Cohen, the... Read more

21 Jul 2023

29mins

Friends In Need - with special guest Matti Friedman

Friends In Need - with special guest Matti Friedman

The battle for Israeli democracy, to quote the opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu's "judicial reform" plan, moved to a new ... Read more

10 Feb 2023

44mins

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Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu

Munk Dialogue with Matti Friedman: Israel’s new political coalition and the return of Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel - a country founded on secular, European principles - just voted into power the most right wing, religious govern... Read more

3 Jan 2023

40mins

Episode 186 - The Deep Chronicler of Israeli Life: A Conversation with Matti Friedman

Episode 186 - The Deep Chronicler of Israeli Life: A Conversation with Matti Friedman

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Matti Friedman went to Israel "for a year" at age 17, and never left. His subsequent writing in the t... Read more

5 Sep 2022

53mins

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Matti Friedman, "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (Spiegel & Grau, 2022)

Matti Friedman, "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (Spiegel & Grau, 2022)

In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—tr... Read more

30 Aug 2022

1hr 4mins

Matti Friedman, WHO BY FIRE: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

Matti Friedman, WHO BY FIRE: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

Journalist and author Matti Friedman joins Zibby to discuss his latest book, Who By Fire, which recounts the incredible ... Read more

19 Aug 2022

30mins

Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman

Who by Fire - With Matti Friedman

Matti Friedman is one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all matters related to Israel, on the broader Midd... Read more

18 Aug 2022

57mins

Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War

Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War

In October 1973, an unhappy Leonard Cohen was listening to the radio on his Greek island home when he heard that Israel ... Read more

6 Jun 2022

1hr 9mins

Too Jewish - 5/22/22 - Matti Friedman

Too Jewish - 5/22/22 - Matti Friedman

Matti Friedman, author of "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai"

23 May 2022

54mins

Stoking Hate - How Israel Is Covered In The Media with Matti Friedman

Stoking Hate - How Israel Is Covered In The Media with Matti Friedman

Creative Community For Peace Presents Dispelling the Myths with Director Ari Ingel. A series of conversations with thou... Read more

13 Apr 2022

1hr 4mins

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