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Title: The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land by Donna Rosenthal ISBN: 0-684-86972-1 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book about Israelis
Comment: My Israeli tour guide was reading this book -- said he couldn't put it down. It's fascinating, balanced, with amazing insights on all kinds of modern Israelis. He was right. I laughed, I cried and learned an enormous amount. lt's great for tourists, students, professors, Christians, Jews and Muslims, tour guides -- anyone who really wants to understand Israelis though their own words, not superficial news reports.Religious and athiest, left-wing, right-wing, Jew and Arab -- every Israel I met who has read this book says it is really accurate. It should be in newsrooms, classrooms and libraries.
Rating: 5
Summary: Riveting blend of history, interviews and reporting
Comment: Rosenthal does a stupendous job of illuminating the shadowy corners, bright spots and internal conflicts of this tiny country filled with Jews from all over the world, with little in common but a beleaguered history of persecution.
With a lively and well-organized mixture of reporting, history and interviews, Rosenthal brings cultures and neighborhoods to life. She begins with the violence - a bus blown up by a suicide bomber, then follows the tentacles of conflict into everyday life. It's the violence that fuels the youth culture of work hard, play hard, and fosters a cross-cultural, patriotic military solidarity that cuts through religious and political differences.
While the first section concentrates on what Israelis share, the second divides them into groups. The European Ashkenazi, educated, dominant, and often secular, arouse resentment in the middle-Eastern Mizrahi who are more religious, more conservative and poorer. Then there are the Russians, hordes of them, mostly secular, and many not even Jewish (only one Jewish grandparent is required for immigration). And strangest of all, the Ethiopians, wholly isolated and heroically rescued, many of whom never saw electricity until emigration.
The third section explores religious differences: the anti-Zionist Haredim who, ironically, absorb the most from the welfare state with their large families and non-working, scholarly fathers; the Orthodox, who make up the bulk of the settlers in the occupied territories, and write the rules for marriage and divorce, and the Non-Orthodox who make up 80 percent of the population. Then there are the non-Jews: the Muslims, Christians, Druze and Bedouin.
And finally there's the sexual revolution - marriage and divorce, homosexuality, prostitution.
Rosenthal lets individual voices emerge from the clamor and cacaphony to plead their way of life with fervor, hope, defiance and sometimes bewilderment. Her reportage and history blend seamlessly with the interviews to provide context. This is a masterful portrait of a country built on a commonality, but rife with contradictions. It'll make you wonder what will happen if peace ever comes. A fascinating read about a tiny, beseiged country, populated by the whole wide world.
Rating: 5
Summary: A MUST read for anyone interested in the Holy Land!
Comment: As a pastor who frequently leads trips to the Holy Land, I must say that this book is a MUST for anyone interested in the people of Israel. It's so well written, that you feel you are talking to the people being interviewed. I strongly recommend that people read this book before traveling to the Holy Land; You will get so much more out of your trip.
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The New Anti-Semitism : The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It by Phyllis Chesler ISBN: 078796851X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Real Jews: Secular Versus Ultra-Orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel by Noah J. Efron, Noah Efron ISBN: 0465018548 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Seven Blessings: A Novel by Ruchama King ISBN: 0312309155 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest by Efraim Karsh ISBN: 0802117589 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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