Yonatan Gefen two weeks before his death, is photographed for the Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day ceremony, for the segment in which Efrat Gush and Eli Magen perform the classic he wrote "A Place for Worry".
Geffen joins in and reads the poem "The white dove is already old" (courtesy of the Peace Fighters movement, the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony)
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar was asked this morning (Thursday) on the IDF airwaves which song by Yonatan Gefen - who passed away last night at the age of 76 - he particularly liked and was unable to name such a song. I don't want to pull from the waist.
I know the songs and I've heard some of them and read some of them, but I don't necessarily remember all their names." "
You can also hum, if you feel like it," interviewer Nurit Kanti told him. In response, Minister Zohar replied: "That might be in the next step of my career that maybe I will really decide to turn to other avenues of poetry like my son who really proved himself not bad in this matter."
In response to the interview, Minister Zohar tweeted: "You don't need to use racism to criticize me for not remembering the names of Yonatan Gefen's songs Zal. Even on days when everything is extreme, it's hard to understand where the 'anger' comes from
Listen to an excerpt from the interview with Miki Zohar:
Gefen passed away last night at the age of 76. Gefen, born in Nahalel and a member of the Dayan family, was a regular columnist in Maariv newspaper for about 40 years, and published many books for adults and children and songs that became an integral part of the Israeli soundtrack.
Among his well-known books are "Dear Woman" which he wrote about his relationship with his mother, "Good Material" about his connections with the "Lol" group, and especially "The Sixteenth Lamb", which is considered one of the most beloved children's books in Israel, which was also produced for a very successful record featuring Yoni Rechter, Yehudit Ravitz, David Broza and Gidi Gov.
Among his well-known songs are hymns such as "A place for worry", "The Little Prince", "The most beautiful girl in the garden", "It will be good", "There is no country for love", "Song for singing", "You remember the songs", "Less but Hurts", "Takes Time", "Ballad for the Naive", "How a Song Was Born", "Maybe It's Over", "I Love Chocolate", "Closed Garden", "Ahinoam Doesn't Know", "Yonathan Go Home" , "Ben Arabim's Song", "This is how you wanted me", "When you cry you are not beautiful", "Being alone", "My love is not his love" and many more.
He even translated quite a few successful poems, including "Idiot" by Vladimir Vysotsky, the poems of "The Woman with Me" and more.
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