On “Black Work” by Ehud Banai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oEjIQ9zL_Q&t=125s In this early classic, Banai protests the treatment of Ethiopians on their arrival to Israel. He famously asks: “And who knows if Abraham was not black?” The title of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oEjIQ9zL_Q&t=125s In this early classic, Banai protests the treatment of Ethiopians on their arrival to Israel. He famously asks: “And who knows if Abraham was not black?” The title of…
In this song, Banai sums up his mixed feelings when touring Jewish Brooklyn. We might see in Banai’s excitement and confusion a mirror image of an American Jew’s thoughts when wandering…