58 | APRIL 18 • 2024 
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Visit to Israel was meaningful, 
informative and surreal. 

Normal, 
But Not 
Normal

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY 
DON COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ERETZ

This man sat down 
and played “Hatikvah” 
(“The Hope”), Israel’s 
national anthem on 
a piano in Hostage 
Square in front of the 
Tel Aviv Art Museum.

Menashe Harush and Don Cohen in the Nova Festival Tent at Hostage 
Square in Tel Aviv. The center picture on the right is of Elkana Bohbot, 
Menashe’s nephew, who was beaten and taken to Gaza.

