From the funeral of Yonathan Gefen in Nahalel, where his children Shira, Aviv and Natasha performed the song "The 16th Lamb, Good Night" in his memory (stills: Reuven Castro, video: Yotam Ronen)
Shira Geffen, the daughter of the writer and poet Yonatan Geffen who passed away last week, addressed (Sunday) the uproar she caused following her decision to wear a shirt to her father's funeral held on Friday that read "There is no democracy with occupation".
In a post she published on Facebook, she wrote: "I'm sorry that I ruined my father's funeral for some. Sorry for the 'finger in the eye' of those who were expecting an emotional and heartwarming state funeral, and their experience was ruined because of a shirt with the scandalous word 'occupation'. The disappointed write that in cemeteries we must 'put aside "Political affairs. So that's it, we were already on the sides, you can't see from there, it's easy to ignore and repress, and when the ground is burning there are no more sides.
"All places are suitable for protest, even more so the cemeteries which are filled, among other things, with the victims of the endless conflict.
It's time to present what you want us to forget, wherever possible.
This was my father's way and I will do as much as I can to continue it."
Shira Gefen (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Gefen was buried on Friday at the Nehalel cemetery.
Aviv Gefen, who also said "Kaddish" for his father, eulogized him: "Death is a blank page. The letters disappear and there are no neat lines. Because death is a blank page. Just a smooth page that fades, turns yellow and tears. Yes, there was a lot of me and you. There were Many demons stood between us like a punching bag. There were timeouts where we bled in the corner of the arena. But you were my hero. You were my saddest love. I missed you from the day I was born, and I will miss you until the day I die."
At the end, Sher Gefen and his sister sang their father's song "A Place for Worry".
His daughter Shira paid tribute to him: "For the past two months, our meetings have revolved around your new book of poems. You asked me to edit it and I immediately agreed. You always said that writing is first and foremost therapy. Also editing, in my opinion, especially when you are editing Dad. In the last month you no longer had patience, you asked us to close and we were sent to proofread. I fought with you. I said there was more work, and where are you in a hurry. I wanted us to continue sitting together in your yard, with all the cats, and drink raspberries and soda and fix poems. But you said you were tired, and that from your experience if you mess with poems too much, they get ruined. But I don't I let you know, maybe because somewhere I felt that as soon as the work was done, you would leave. After all, the title of the book you wrote is 'You were a wonderful audience'. After a sentence like that, you usually get off the stage."
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