Watched Golda from imdb.com

Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.

⭐⭐⭐

While appeared to be somewhat historically accurate, the movie did not hit the emotional highs I would expect them to try for. It came across dry, despite the excellent cinematography and performance by Helen Mirren.

They did succeed in recreating the panic of the 1973 attack, and the crisis, however, and the recreations of the sounds of war are haunting.

Despite it being produced before October of this year, the parallels between the 1973 attack by Egypt and Syria on Israel on Yom Kippur and the 2023 attack, 50 years later are distinct because Hamas picked the day for a reason.

Watched The Maccabeats and Naturally 7 – Shed a Little Light – MLK Jr. Day – (James Taylor Cover) from YouTube

Music video for “Shed a Little Light” produced in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Video by Uri WestrichUri@driveinproductions.comGrab this track on iTu…

I always rewatch this on Martin Luther King day. The life and legacy of Martin Luther King is a topic too complicated for me to discuss in a simple note, but a Jewish and an African American group harmonizing together is not.
Watched
In honor of Purim, which is Thursday night into Friday, Six13 released an updated version of Al Hanisim, which includes 22 different Jewish Acapella groups and over 300 singers mixed together. Worth a watch.
Watched “This Land is Your Land” in Yiddish by Forverts from youtube.com

“Dos Land iz Dayn Land” Woody Guthrie’s
“This Land is Your Land”
Yiddish Translation by Linda Gritz & Daniel Kahn
with Harry Bochner, Michael Alpert, & Josh Waletzky

Video and music produced, directed and edited by Daniel Kahn
Presented by The Forverts

Performed by (in order of appearance)
Daniel Kahn (voice, guitar, harmonica- USA/Germany)
Sarah Gordon (voice- USA)
Lorin Sklamberg (voice, piano- USA)
Patrick Farrell (accordion- USA/Germany)
Sveta Kundish (voice- Ukraine/Israel/Germany)
Michael Alpert (voice- USA/Scotland)
Linda Gritz (voice- USA)

Thanks & love to: אַ האַרציקן דאַנק Mike Katz, Eleanor Reissa, Binyumen Schaechter, Zalmen Mlotek, Emily Finer, Michael Williams, Ethel Raim, Michael Tuttle, Earthwork folks, Rukhl Schaechter & Jordan Kutzik at the Forverts, The 2020 YNY Lider-Shmideray, Bela Lipa Kundish, Yeva & Leybke Lapsker Kahn, & Nora Guthrie

This Land is Your Land © Copyright 1956 (renewed), 1958 (renewed), 1970 and 1972 by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)

A note: Written on February 23, 1940 as a response to the popularity of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” Woody Guthrie’s radical ballad has often been sanitized and sung as an uncritical patriotic anthem, ignoring a history of stolen land, lives, and labor.

As Yiddish singers, musicians, and translators, drawing on our own heritage, we challenge this interpretation, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous, Black, and immigrant voices calling for power, reparation, and justice in this land.

Transliterated Lyrics:
(Daniel:)
Kh’hob mir gevandert in a land a frayen
Aroys fun midber, vi mi-mitsrayem,
Gezukht a nayem Yerushalayem,
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.

(REFREN:)
Dos land iz dayn land, dos land iz mayn land
Fun Kalifornye biz Elis Ayland,
Fun di groyse oz’res biz di breyte yamen,
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.

(Sarah:)
Ikh gey ariber di berg un teler,
Arumgeringlt fun zise keler.
Di ritshkes murmlen, di feygl zingen:
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.

(Lorin w/ piano:)
Kh’ze a groysn moyer mit a shild vos vornt:
Vil men araynet, shteyt az me tor nit
Nor af yener zayt, shteyt dortn gornit
Ot iz di zayt far mir un dir.

(Sveta & Patty w/accordion:)
Gey ikh mir voglen, di zun fun oybn,
Nor beyze vintn tseblozn shtoybn,
Durkh di tumanen, her ikh gezangen:
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.

(Michael:)
Af nase gasn, in tife shotns,
Ze ikh vi mentshn betn nedoves
Bay aza dales, darf ikh zikh klern
Tsi dos iz a land far mir un dir.

(Linda and all:)
Es ken shoyn keyner undz nit farshtern,
Di fraye vegn undz nit farvern.
Nito keyn tsamen, ven nor tsuzamen.
Dos iz a land far mir un dir.

דאָס לאַנד איז דײַן לאַנד פֿון װוּדי גאָטרי, 1940
פֿאַרטײַטשט פֿון ליבע גריץ און דניאל קאַהן
מיט חײם באָכנער, מײשקע אַלפּערט, און דזשאַש װאַלעצקי

כ’האָב מיר געװאַנדערט, אין אַ לאַנד אַ פֿרײַען
אַרױס פֿון מידבר, װי ממצרים
געזוכט אַ נײַעם ירושלים
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

רעפֿרען: דאָס לאַנד איז דײַן לאַנד
דאָס לאַנד איז מײַן לאַנד
פֿון קאַליפֿאָרניע ביז עליס אײַלאַנד
פֿון די גרױסע אָזערעס ביז די ברײטע ימען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

איך גײ אַריבער די בערג און טעלער
אַרומגערינגעלט פֿון זיסע קעלער
די ריטשקעס מורמלען, די פֿײגל זינגען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

כ’זע אַ גרױסן מױער מיט אַ שילד װאָס װאָרנט
װיל מען אַרײַנעט, שטײט אַז מע’ טאָר ניט
נאָר אױף יענער זײַט, שטײט דאָרטן גאָרניט
אָט איז די זײַט פֿאַר מיר און דיר

גײ איך מיר װאָגלען, די זון פֿון אױבן
נאָר בײזע װינטן צעבלאָזן שטױבן
דורך די טומאַנען הער איך געזאַנגען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

אױף נאַסע גאַסן, אין טיפֿע שאָטנס
זע איך װי מענטשן בעטן נדבֿות
בײַ אַזאַ דלות, טו איך זיך קלערן
צי דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

עס קען שױן קײנער אונדז ניט פֿאַרשטערן
די פֿרײַע װעגן אונדז ניט פֿאַרװערן
ניטאָ קײן צאַמען, ווען נאָר צוזאַמען
דאָס איז אַ לאַנד פֿאַר מיר און דיר

You can read more about the premiere of this song on the Forvert website here. The video features several people I’m familiar with, including Lorin Sklamberg, who I had the pleasure of meeting with several times some years ago.

As the article mentions, people often omit the more critical aspects of This Land is Your Land.

Watched The Patterpalooza Project – Episode 2 by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players from youtube.com

Episode 2
THE SORCERER
“My Name is John Wellington Wells”
Performed by James Mills, Hosted by Albert Bergeret, Directed by James Mills. Pianist: Elizabeth Rodgers, Director of Photography: Danny Bristoll.

I’m really enjoying the NYG&SP and how they are trying to keep things going in the pandemic.