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May 25, 2016

Bob Dylan’s Forgotten Pro-Israel Ballad

In "Neighborhood Bully," an exiled man defends himself and gets called a bully for it.

In 1983, the American Jewish musician, who turned seventy-five yesterday, composed and recorded a song about the Jewish state, entitled “Neighborhood Bully.” While the song was written in the context of Israel’s war in Lebanon, the lyrics remain relevant. Gabe Friedman writes:

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