Uri Feinberg, son of former Associate Rabbi of Temple Sholom, Paul (Shaul) Feinberg, has been a Jewish Educator for 25 years. Born in the US, Uri immigrated to Israel when he was ten, grew up in Jerusalem served in the IDF. Uri’s experience has been driven by a clear desire to share the power of the Land and State of Israel, to strengthen Jewish identity and a connection with the Jewish People.

We will hear from Uri an observation about the current war in Israel through one of Israel’s most moving songs about the war, “The Winter of ‘73.” This song, which was written after the Yom Kippur War speaks of promises of peace. The song is a monologue by children who were born after the Yom Kippur War and are now adults, drafted into the army, and confronting their parents. The song continues to be updated, most recently after October 7.

From Uri Feinberg about this session:

When the melody doesn't change but the words make all the difference: an iconic song hits a powerful chord, opens our souls even as we find the writing of the prophets written in more place than one.

A historic journey that begins as the dust settles following the Yom Kippur War will find a ground zero of our melodic walk down memory lane. The Last War will make way for its juxtaposed response in a day of optimism and new direction 20 years later in 1994, with We are the Children of the Winter of 73. This powerful response, voiced by the generation born in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, will serve as a baseline for the expression that will explode in the wake of October 7, more than once. While much will be familiar about this song, being re-born, with new words in such an unprecedented and painful reality, it will project its voice in unbounded ways, expressing Israel’s pride and awe, anger and pain. Our discussion will continue through more than one cultural medium as we also decipher the words and images found on the walls of south Tel Aviv and use the street art for another insider’s perspective of where Israelis are ‘at’, at this unique and painful moment in time.