Bambi thanks her new friend Andrew for sharing an uplifting 6-minute CBC documentary, which is described on YouTube as follows: “Jewish and Lebanese families in Yarmouth, N.S., have been coming together for more than a century to share in conversations and find common ground. CBC’s Sabrina Fabian breaks down the rich history of friendship that stands out in an increasingly polarized world”.
Bravo to CBC‘s Sabrina Fabian for putting the emphasis on what assembles us, as Canadians, that is on our shared humanity. What a beautiful story, unfolding over generations, in Yarmouth in the beautiful Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia!
Regardless of how your day (or evening is going) or your state of mind, Bambi hopes this sketch by Rudy (playing all three characters) will put a smile on your face.
From the YouTube description of the OLJ bilingual video shared below, we can read the following, thanks to Google Translate for its assistance:
“The war in Lebanon was brutal, terrifying and devastating. How many Lebanese have lost loved ones, killed in Israeli bombings? How many others, their house?
In the midst of this misfortune, however, solidarity is sometimes born. This is what a Lebanese woman from Bekaa and living in the southern suburb of Beirut tells us in this new episode of our podcast “I’m telling you about Beirut”.
Faced with Israeli bombing, she moved several times during the war. But during this journey, she met a family who not only welcomed her and her loved ones, but also pampered them, while their entire world was falling apart.
Beyond prejudices and community divisions, this young woman tells us how she met this family, and how, little by little, “a new friendship, full of love, was born” in the midst of chaos. “I think the Lebanese learned an important lesson during this war: we can only count on each other. »
Every week, we hold out our microphone to men, women and even children, coming from all regions of Lebanon or elsewhere, to find out how the war between Lebanon and Israel has turned their daily lives upside down. They tell us their experiences but also their fears and their hopes. Personal and intimate stories, to be discovered every week on all our platforms”.
If you are interested, below you can find a three-minute YouTube video of a Medley from a Christmas concert presented worldwide, featuring Mr. Amine Hachem (tenor), along with Mr. Brian Holman (music director). Bambi hopes you will enjoy it as much as she did.
Thank you Mr. Hachem (et al.) for singing “Petit Papa Noël” in your fabulous concert :).
Merry Christmas to you and long live your immense talent, which makes both Lebanon and the United States of America proud!
Mr. Jean Ferrat’s real name is Jean Tenenbaum. For those of you who may not know him, he is one of the greatest French songwriters, poets, musician-composers and singer-performers of all times. Bambi is devoting a second post to honour his memory because she is fond of his talent.
Mr. Ferrat was born on December 26, 1930 (in the region of Hauts-de-Seine). He took his last breath on March 13, 2010 (in Ardèche). His personal/familial story is moving. Indeed, when he was eleven years old, his (Jewish) dad was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz where he died. If Mr. Jean Ferrat survived, it is because he was hidden by good men (https://shorturl.at/qfzFu). Thanks to them for their humanity in the darkest of times. They allowed us to enjoy his musical legacy.
One of Ferrat’s songs , which Bambi loves is entitled “C’est beau la vie [“Life is Beautiful“]. Another one she also appreciates is called “Aimer à perdre la raison” [“To love to The Point of Losing Our Mind“].
Between the love of life and love, we are well served with Mr. Ferrat’s repertoire of songs. Bravo for his poetic and simple yet deep lyrics. His beautiful voice and music transcend death. In addition to entertaining us, the essence of his musical legacy gives us hope for brighter days despite tragedies (just like his own story). May love, humanity, and the power of life triumph over the forces of obscurantism, hate, and evil in our world.
Christmas is about baby Jesus’ birth while Hannukah is the Jewish eight-day festival of lights. As reported in Euro News (https://shorturl.at/92Lav ), Hannukah begins this year on December 25, “marking only the fifth time since 1900 that the two holidays have overlapped“.
Merry Christmas to you, if you celebrate Jesus as the Light of the World ❤️!
Happy Hannukah to you, if you celebrate the menorah as a symbol of light ❤️!
May the double power of the lights of love and hope illuminate our darkened world.
The Gipsy Kings’ “Amore De Mis Amore” is the only song Bambi knows how to sing in Spanish. Of course, she sings it like a frog and she does not speak this beautiful language.
However, she recalls the lyrics of this famous song, which would be entitled in English “Love of My Loves“. If she is not mistaken, it was originally composed by Mr. Ángel Cabral and known as “Que nadie sepa mi sufrir” [Let No One Knows My Suffering].
Indeed, Bambi happens to know the meaning of this love poem since her youth in Beirut. For fun, at that time, she used to record melodies from the radio [when power would come back :)], pause the songs, and write down their lyrics.
Who knows? Perhaps she likes “Amore De Mis Amores” because it inspired another song she adores by Ms. Edith Piaf (older post shown below). Yes, some of you can perhaps guess that she is referring to “La Foule” (https://shorturl.at/u0Cle).
Gracias/Merci Mr. Kendji Girac for your beautiful talent and unique style. Merry Christmas to you and please keep singing!
