Song Of Hope - Episode 2 - Ran Danker
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“Hallelujah” became the song of the late field observer Roni Eshel. Her parents listened to it together when Roni was still in her mother’s womb. When Ran Danker arrived at Roni’s funeral, leaving his own one month old baby at home, he sang “Hallelujah” at the family’s request.
“I found myself singing a cappella to 30,000 people, and the entire audience joined in,” he recalls. “I thought about my daughter at home, and about the fact that this is our life here, and I do not want to run away from it. Even though my daughter has just been born, I want to go out and meet people, to embrace and be embraced. It melts some of the fear.”
In this episode of Song of Hope, Danker reflects on the new meaning his music has taken on during the war, and performs a heartfelt version of Shlomo Artzi’s “Come, Let’s Let It Go,” which has become his love song to his partner and their baby.
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