Acclaimed author and journalist Matti Friedman, in conversation with renowned author Nicole Krauss, probes the rarely told account of Leonard Cohen’s experience with Israeli soldiers during the Yom Kippur War.

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On Translating the Poetry of Lea Goldberg, May 29th at 1pm EST
On the 111th anniversary of Goldberg’s birth, Rachel Tzvia will provide an overview of the pre-eminent poet, her life and the trajectory of her poetic career. The presentation will then expand on the specific challenges the translator faces in bringing Goldberg’s poetry into the English language.

A Rendezvous with Walt Whitman and the National Library of Israel, May 31st at 1pm EST
On the anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birthday, Dr. Fred Sugarman, will unpack some of Whitman’s most famous work, and Dr. Stefan Litt, NLl’s Curator of Humanities, will share highlights from NLI’s Whitman collection.

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