Extradordinary Jewish Personalities # 4 Abba Kovner ”The First Avenger”

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Abba Kover, a real Jewish Avenger fought against the Nazis with the resistance in the Vilna Ghetto, in the forest with the partisans and then in the Israel War of Independence. But his most daring fight was after the war to bring vengeance upon Nazis officers. Join us for this little known extraordinary story of Jewish bravery and daring. He then went on to became one of Modern Israel's greatest poets and won the Israel Prize.