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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Matti Friedman

Activists protest against the government's judicial overhaul outside the president's residence in Jerusalem on July 29, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 8, 2023, 9:00 am
What Matters Now to authors Yossi Klein Halevi, Daniel Gordis and Matti Friedman
This week we present a playback of Monday’s webinar – ‘Diaspora Jews: Time to take a stand’ – in which the trio answer readers’ questions about what to do while Israel is in crisis
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Leonard Cohen, center, performs with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. Ariel Sharon is to the left of Cohen, with arms crossed. (Yakovi Doron)
November 29, 2022, 12:11 am
Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War trip to Israel gets dramatic adaptation
TV miniseries based on recent book by Matti Friedman is being developed by Keshet International, with filming slated to begin in 2024
By Amy Spiro
May 11, 2022, 2:22 pm
Tickets here! J’lem, May 24: Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War tour
Join us for the first evening in our ToI@10 series: Author Matti Friedman in conversation with ToI’s David Horovitz at Jerusalem’s First Station — plus a Leonard Cohen cover band!
Leonard Cohen, center, performs with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. Ariel Sharon is to the left of Cohen, with arms crossed (Yaakovi Doron)
March 29, 2022, 11:15 am
Why Leonard Cohen joined a war to sing for his brothers, and never spoke of it again
Using Cohen’s own notes, and recollections of Israeli soldiers who heard him, Matti Friedman teases out the astounding story of the Jewish singer-priest on the Yom Kippur frontline
By David Horovitz
Leonard Cohen performs for Israeli troops in the Sinai during the 1973 Yom Kippur War (Ron Ilan/ IDF archives)
September 15, 2021, 11:00 pm
Rediscovered: Leonard Cohen lyrics of fighting with ‘brothers’ in Yom Kippur War
One verse of Cohen’s song ‘Lover, Lover, Lover,’ written while he played for troops battling Egypt, deeply moved the soldiers who heard it, then mysteriously disappeared. Until now
By ToI Staff
Matti Friedman’s newest book is 'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.' (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books/via JTA)
July 13, 2020, 4:22 pm
Join author Matti Friedman to discuss his bestselling books and today’s Israel
Gain access to Thursday’s private webinar by becoming a ToI Community member today
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers opening gates for tank during the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon, on June 22, 2000. (Flash90)
May 25, 2020, 4:13 am
20 years after Lebanon pullout, docuseries dives into the ‘War With No Name’
Nearly 700 soldiers were killed during Israel’s 18-year occupation of Lebanon; journalist Matti Friedman teamed up with the Kan broadcaster to tell their story
By Judah Ari Gross
An event at the 2019 Jerusalem Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, which was held in person, unlike the 2020 edition, which was online due to the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy Writers Festival)
May 4, 2020, 1:32 pm
Jerusalem’s 8th Writers Fest goes digital during pandemic
The annual event featuring American, European and Israeli authors will be held online, May 10-13, with all events open to the public
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a Moroccan Jewish Mimuna celebration in Or Akiva on April 21, 2014. (Avishag Shaar Yashuv/POOL/FLASH90)
July 29, 2019, 6:25 am
Nobody hijacked Israel. It’s just not what its pioneers thought they’d created
It’s not European. And it doesn’t divide into right and left, religious and secular. Matti Friedman, author of a new book about Mizrahi spies, on why Israel baffles and infuriates
By David Horovitz
Journalist Matthew Kalman interviews author Matti Friedman about his new book, 'Spies of No Country,' at a Times of Israel/Beit Avi Chai event on April 10, 2019, in Jerusalem. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
April 11, 2019, 2:40 pm
Decades before ‘Fauda,’ Israel’s first spies assumed Arab identities in Beirut
At a packed event, author Matti Friedman relates that a well-conjugated Arabic verb was the difference between life and death for the Jews who founded Israel’s intelligence agency
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Matti Friedman’s newest book is 'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.' (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books/via JTA)
April 2, 2019, 11:40 am
Author Matti Friedman to launch real-life spy thriller in a live ToI interview
Meet the writer at the Israel debut of his new book, hosted by The Times of Israel in partnership with Beit Avi Chai, in Jerusalem on April 10
By Matthew Kalman
Matti Friedman’s newest book is 'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.' (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books/via JTA)
March 9, 2019, 6:47 am
How Israel welcomed Jews from Arab lands — as spies
A new book tells the story of Palmach’s Arab Section, and its young Mizrahi Jewish agents who gained society’s respect through their ability to cross borders undetected
By Emily Burack
Matti Friedman, left, and Haim Watzman in the Crusaders Hall, at the Tower of David Museum as part of the Times of Israel Presents on April 25, 2017. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
April 26, 2017, 1:45 pm
The IDF is still a base for these two immigrant authors
Ex-North Americans Matti Friedman and Haim Watzman detail their aliyah experiences in a candid mutual interview
By Yaakov Schwartz
Authors Haim Watzman and Matti Friedman will discuss their newest books as part of the Times of Israel Presents series on April 25 at the Tower of David. (Photo of Watzman, Adi Martinotti. Friedman, courtesy)
April 18, 2017, 5:49 pm
It’s fact and fiction at TOI event with two Jerusalem-based authors
Writers Matti Friedman and Haim Watzman to discuss their latest books on April 25 at the Tower of David
By Matthew Kalman
Clockwise, from left: Nitsana Darshan Leitner, Michael Oren, Natan Sharansky. (courtesy)
April 16, 2017, 7:20 pm
Natan Sharansky, Michael Oren headline season of live English events
Program features former Prisoner of Zion, deputy minister, Jerusalem authors and anti-terror lawyer
By Matthew Kalman
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