Israeli Eurovision song's deeper meaning

Noam Bettan, Israel’s Eurovision candidate who took second place in the competition, sang in three languages, and chose to start his performance in Hebrew. Meanwhile, the winner — from Bulgaria — sang entirely in English. In all the news coverage of Eurovision, the tradition of Jewish multilingualism — and Bettan’s moving pride in his languages... The post The Israeli song that almost won Eurovision was about far more than the breakup of a love affair appeared first on The Forward.