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The Moral Lives of Israelis explores the last ten years of life in Israel, a sixty-one-year-old country that has never not been in a state of war. The last words given to David Berlin by his father, a Sabra who had fought for Israel's independence, were not words of love for his son and his grandchildren, but this command: Look after my little country. These words set off a huge voyage of exploration and remembrance for Berlin.
The result is a thrilling blend of memoir, reportage and original thinking on the place of Israel in the world. The fundamental question that floats over every page of this passionate book is, with so many missteps and in a region deeply fraught with antagonism, racism and misunderstanding, how can Israel move forward? After many dead ends and twists and turns, it is the nineteenth-century visionary father of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, who ultimately sparks Berlin's dream for Israel in the twenty-first century--it is Herzl's insistence on a secular and cosmopolitan state that Berlin sees as a way to move beyond.
David Berlin's brave inquiry brings a startling new perspective to a question that resonates well beyond the borders of Israel.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Moral Lives of Israelis : Reinventing the Dream State
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Topic: International Relations / General, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Author: David Berlin
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
