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VETERANS’ DAY NOTES

It was hard to watch the new Ken
Burns and Lynn Novick 10-part
PBS series The Vietnam War, and
by the time I did, half the episodes
were behind a new paywall called
PBS Passport. (I learned that a mere
$5-a-month automatic contribution
opens that paywall.) Dr. Harold “Hal”
Kushner, 76, an ophthalmologist, is
extensively interviewed starting with
episode six. The son of an Army Air
Corps doctor grew up in Virginia — I
gather the family had deep Southern
roots. In 1972, the JTA reported that
he was the great-nephew of Judah
P. Benjamin (1811-1884), a U.S.
senator who became the secretary of
war and the secretary of state of the
Confederacy.
In the series, Kushner recounts how
he went to Vietnam “to save lives.”
In 1967, he was on a fairly routine
night flight when his combat helicop-
ter crashed into a mountain. He was
severely injured, but managed to walk
to a nearby village, where he was
helped. Soon after, the Viet Cong cap-
tured him and he was held in horrible
conditions in South Vietnam for several
years. Conditions didn’t improve that
much when he was marched north in
1970. Beatings and lack of food were
constants. Kushner says it was agoniz-
ing to watch other POWs die whom
he could have saved if he’d been
provided with supplies. Nonetheless,
he managed to relieve the suffering of
many. He was released in 1973 and
retired from the Army in 1977. He was
awarded the Silver Star and several
other medals for his heroism. He’s still
a practicing physician in Florida.

ROCK ON

Last month, the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame announced the nominees for
induction in 2018 — fans have until
Dec. 5 to vote for nominees. Just
google “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
vote” and you’ll quickly find the vote
page. It’s easy to vote.
The Jewish nominees this year are:
David Bryan, 55, keyboardist (as a
member of the band Bon Jovi); Elliot
Easton, 63, lead guitarist (as a mem-
ber of the band The Cars); Brad Wilk,
49, drummer (as a member of the
band Rage Against the Machine) and
the J. Geils Band. Everybody in the J.
Geils band except for the late J.Geils,
himself, is Jewish: Peter Wolf, 71,
lead singer/songwriter; Seth Justman,
66, keyboardist; Danny Klein, 71, bass

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guitar; “Magic” Dick Salwitz, 71, har-
monica; and Stephen Jo Bladd, 75,
drummer.
The band Dire Straits, led by Mark
Knopfler, is likely to make the Hall this
year. Knopfler’s father was Jewish by
birth, but defined himself as a Marxist.
In every interview I’ve seen, Mark (who
I don’t think is religious) has resisted
having the description “Jewish” or
“half Jewish” applied to him. When
asked, he mentions his father’s politics
and moves on quickly.
Honorable mention goes to the
English band Radiohead, which is
immensely popular in Israel and has
played there eight times since 1993.
This past summer, Radiohead defied
calls to boycott Israel and played there
again. Lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood
(a Hall of Fame nominee as a member
of the band) is married to Israel-born
artist Sharona Katan and he has
professionally collaborated with Israeli
musicians. •

