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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017474)" |
| source: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12)" |
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| date: "2026-01-01" |
| category: "House Oversight" |
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| WC: 191694 |
| Singing with Vidal Sassoon |
| I was the guest speaker at a Hebrew University dinner honoring Frank Gary. Among the guests |
| was the hair stylist Vidal Sassoon. The topic of my speech was the Middle East conflict. I was |
| introduced to Sassoon by David Steinberg, the comedian. Steinberg said, "Did you know that |
| Vidal Sassoon had fought for Israel during its War of Independence?" Sassoon added, "I was in |
| the Palmach," which was the elite strike force. Sassoon simply didn't look like he was old enough |
| to have participated in the 1948 war so I issued him a challenge, "Sing the Palmach song for me." |
| Without a moment's hesitation, Vidal Sassoon started to belt out the anthem of the Palmach. |
| Since I too knew the song, from my time at Zionist camp in 1948, I sang along with him. So here |
| were these two old men singing "Mi mitula ad hanegev, rishonim tamud anachau tamid anu anu |
| hapalmach." A crowd quickly gathered around us and the few people our own age joined in the |
| singing. It was a wonderfully nostalgic moment for us all. |
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