Irwin Gerson, who just passed away at the age of 93, combined Mel Brooks's wit with Moshe Dayan's grit.
Dayan’s public and private faults do not eclipse his greatness, and maybe his shortcomings make for a more representative hero of his era and his country.
The killing of the jihad commanders is justified, but it does not eradicate these roots, it nurtures them.
Not only was Geffen a songwriter, journalist, author, poet, playwright, actor and satirist, he was an Israeli cultural icon.
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