For some peculiar reason the English-speaking media, both foreign and domestic, reported that the ‘Israeli Frank Sinatra’ just died, and by that moniker they were referring to the recently departed
Arik Einstein. To put things in perspective: no, Einstein was not Sinatra. He did not have widely known connections to organised crime, made entirely different music, and did not evoke such strong reactions, simulated or not. Also, he was known for being very,
very reclusive. Honestly, I have no idea where this stupid comparison came from.
A good analogy would be to imagine Mr. Rogers was a musician, to demonstrate how widely loved and uncontroversial he was (hardly anyone dares make any jokes about him now, same as even Seth McFarlane was deeply remorseful for his cruel joke about Rogers); also, there were some rumours about how Einstein and the famous group of musicians/actors were a very decadent group who, among other things, molested young girls (Einstein himself probably had nothing to do with it, but his close friend Uri Zohar was notorious for his shocking behaviour bordering on sexual assault and rape), although these were based mostly on wild speculation and hearsay (except Zohar, who was known back in the day for his habit of smacking random girls in the arse when he was in the army), similarly to the rampant rumours about Rogers being a vicious killer during the Vietnam war and/or a child molester.
In other news, famed comic actor Sefi Rivlin is hospitalised. His condition is severe; there was even a statement issued on the media saying he already passed away as well, which was quickly taken back. Unlike Einstein, Rivlin was first and foremost an actor (although he had a wonderful voice, he didn’t work as a musician per se) who appeared mostly on stage before he lost his voice to cancer, and was more controversial, taking an active interest in politics, first in the far left (by 1970s’ Israel’s standards) satirical revue Nikuy Rosh, and later as a staunch supporter of the right-wing Likud party: he told once how a woman on the street asked him if he was the one who appeared in a Likud campaign mocking the Likud’s main rival’s then-leader Shim‘on Peres for issuing self-contradicting statements, and once he assured her it was indeed him, she spat in his face.
The whole issue with Rivlin’s imminent death being overshadowed by Einstein’s reminds me of the death of Osamu Tezuka, who died the same time as Emperor Hirohito; the media was busy covering the Emperor’s death and completely overlooked Tezuka’s, so the Japanese public was horrified to learn of the latter’s passing.
And that was a brief guide to what’s going on. And now you know.
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