The outcry over a song by one of Israel’s biggest stars, featuring crude caricatures of alcoholic, hypersexualized Russian-speaking immigrants, has even reached Moscow. But what it says about Israeli identity is even more revealing
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
What an Israeli star’s crudely racist, sexist song tells us about ‘Israeliness’ today
Published in Israel culture, Music in Israel, Opinion, Russian Jews and Vladimir Putin
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