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Nothing But the Truth: Yael Dayan's "Transitions"
Nothing But the Truth: Yael Dayan's "Transitions"
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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Yael Dayan’s memoir, Transitions: Close Up, translated by Maya Klein, is about losses and regrets, with fine focus on the detailed physical world. Dayan is the oldest child of the late Moshe Dayan, the moody and enigmatic hero of the Six Days’ War, revered as the symbol of the national and military rebirth of the Jewish people, yet reviled as Defense Minister during the 1973 Yom Kippur War for Israel’s failures. Host Marcela Sulak reads from the preface and a favorite passage on today’s episode. Text: Transitions: Close Up by Yael Dayan, translated by Maya Klein. Mosaic Press, Nov. 2016.
Released:
Jul 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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