Song Of Hope - Episode 1 - Ester Rada
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7m 33s
When the spotlights lit up on Ester Rada during her international tour, BDS protesters who came to disrupt her show fell silent. “Their brains exploded,” she recalls. “They thought, I also love Black people, so what do I do? How do I protest here?”
In this episode of Song of Hope, Rada speaks about the music that connects her Israeli, Jewish and Ethiopian identities. She performs the song that has carried her through the war, “Lema’an Achai Vere’ai,” sung to a melody born from a meeting between Rabbi Carlebach and Nina Simone.
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