Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
- - Ecclesiastes 11:1
While I knew that the Hebrew Obama poster I designed has been viewed thousands of times, I could not tell if the high resolution files I made available were ever printed and used in a rally. Until yesterday:
All the major news wires covering Barack Obama’s Israeli visit, including The New York Times and The Associated Press - all mentioned a group of Israeli supporters holding a ‘Change We Can Believe In’ Hebrew banner. This sounded really nice, but when I started seeing photos taken by the various wires, I got really excited. A couple of hours later, I got an email from a group called Israelis for Obama, updating me on their usage of my graphics. They downloaded the design off my website and printed out loads of flyers and one big banner. Then they followed Obama’s visit route, showing support all over Jerusalem.
Here are a few photos I found:
A supporter of US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) stands outside his hotel in Jerusalem July 22, 2008.
REUTERS/Jim Young
Supporters of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hold a banner reading in Hebrew ‘change in which we can believe’ as they gather in front of Israeli President Shimon Peres’ residence where Obama and Peres are meeting on July 23, 2008 in Jerusalem. Obama started his visit to Israel and the West Bank during which he will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
Road Blog: Israel, the Day in Pictures - July 23, 2008
Obama for America Campaign Headquarters
Supporters of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) hold a banner printed with his name in Hebrew as they wait for his arrival at the Western wall in Jerusalem July 23, 2008.
Shahar Golan was interviewed by Nathan Jeffay from The Jewish Daily Forward newspaper for an article about the upcoming visit of Barack Obama to Israel. Unbeknownst to him, Shahar presented the token opposing viewpoint to the general tone of the article which went as far as labelling him ‘an Israeli leftist’. The article featured the Obama graphics Shahar translated to Hebrew.
July 11, 2008 - Haaretz - Israeli Newspaper
Shahar Golan was interviewed by Raphael Ahren from Haaretz newspaper for an article about the 2008 US presidential election and the Obama poster he created in support of the Illinois senator.
September 5, 2007 - Reshet Alef - Israeli Radio
Shahar Golan was invited by Israel’s Channel A radio to be a guest on the program Writing for the Drawer hosted by Rona Gershon for an hour-long one-on-one chat following the recent publishing of his poetry book Almost Finished. You can listen to the recorded interview here:
The Israeli media is reporting an incident that happened yesterday, in which a man stabbed another man to death in an argument over a parking space. All the major media outlets mentioned the parking space in their headlines, in an attempt to give the frivolous killing a reason.
Is there an amount of money that makes the killing justifiable or understandable in the public’s eye? Do carcasses tease each other six feet under, saying thing like ‘Hey, at least I was killed for a couple thousand bucks’?
I was invited by Israel’s Channel A radio, to be a guest on the program ‘Writing for the Drawer’ hosted by Rona Gershon. It is an hour-long one-on-one chat following the recent publishing of my book named ‘Almost Finished’.
The broadcast date is was Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - 13:05 (repeated Saturday September 15, 2007 - 18:05) and can be listened to live (via radio or online).
You can listen to the recorded interview here:
Click here to get a copy of my book:
You might be interested in some of the information that was mentioned during the broadcast, and so following are links to get you started.Music that was played:
