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.