41: Sinatra Was Wrong About Israel

SUDDENLY: a Frank Sinatra podcast

In a special emergency episode, we examine Frank Sinatra's long history with Israel, Palestine and Zionism. Many don't realise just how connected these topics are. This week, we weave a story all the way from Sinatra personally helping run guns to the Nakba in 1948 and his starring role as a fighter pilot for the IDF in 1966's Cast a Giant Shadow, all the way to the bombing of the Frank Sinatra International Student Centre by Hamas in 2002. Henry joins to share his experiences and thoughts from a Jewish perspective, and Rabia has a personal announcement. Selected sources: * Rabbi Dovid Weiss - We Cry for the Palestinians (Interview with Let the Quran Speak, October 2023) * The House I Live In (1945, anti-semitism PSA starring Frank Sinatra) * Paul Robeson - "The House I Live In" * Hasan Hammami, Nakba survivor, interview with Middle East Eye, 2023. * Mahmoud Salah, Nakba survivor, interview with Democracy Now, 2018. * Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948?, Al-Jazeera, 15 May 2022. * Eddie Cantor in Israel (1950, short film) * Exodus (1960) * Pat Boone - "This Land is Mine" (Theme from Exodus) * Shalom Goldman - Starstruck in the Promised Land (2019) * Sinatra in Israel (1962, short film) * Sinatra: Supporting Israel "His Way", Friends of Zion Museum profile. * George Jacobs - Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra (2003) * Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) * Making the Desert Bloom: Why Europe Clings to the Colonial Mindset, Emile Badarin, Middle East Eye, 5 May 2023. * Melville Shavelson - How to Make a Jewish Movie (1971) * "The Shadows and the Light", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5 episode. * What'll It Be? Sinatra or Woody Allen?, Jack Engelhard, Israel National News, 8 July 2004.

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