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In the Face of Climate Despair, I Turn to the Jewish Song 'Eli, Eli'

: The most famous modern version of "Eli, Eli" is the 1942 poem " A Walk to Caesarea " by Hannah Szenes, a Jewish resistance fighter executed during the Holocaust. Szenes’ poem is a plea for the eternal beauty of the natural world—the sand, sea, and human prayer—to never end. The Magnat & Feoctist Interpretation Magnat & Feoctist - Eli Eli

In their Hip-Hop/Rap version, Magnat & Feoctist use this "plaintive prayer" to reflect on the modern condition of their native Moldova. In the Face of Climate Despair, I Turn

The song’s core theme and title, "Eli Eli" (Hebrew for "My God, My God"), draw from two major historical sources: In the Face of Climate Despair