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Kershner, Isabel.
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Israel -- History -- 20th century.
Israel -- Politics and government.
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Kershner, Isabel.
Israel -- History -- 20th century.
Israel -- Politics and government.
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The land of hope and fear :
Israel
's
battle
for
its
inner
soul
/ Isabel Kershner.
by
Kershner, Isabel.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Call #:
320.54095694 K41L
Subjects
Israel
-- History -- 20th century.
Israel
-- Politics and government.
ISBN:
9781101946763 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Israel
's
battle
for
its
inner
soul
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
370 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.
Summary:
"Despite
Israel
's determined staying power in a hostile environment,
its
military might, and the innovation it fosters in businesses globally, the country is more divided than ever. The old guard -- socialist secular elites and idealists -- are a dying breed, and the state’s democratic foundations are being challenged. A dynamic and exuberant country of nine million,
Israel
is now largely comprised of native-born Hebrew speakers, and yet any permanent sense of security and normalcy is elusive. In 'The Land of Hope and Fear,' we meet Israelis: Jews and Arabs, religious and secular, Eastern and Western, liberals and zealots -- plagued by perennial conflict and existential threats, citizens who remain deeply polarized politically, socially, and ideologically, even as they undergo generational change and redefine what it is to be an Israeli. Who are these people and to what do they aspire? In moving narratives and with on-the-ground reporting, Isabel Kershner reveals the core of what holds
Israel
together and the forces that threaten
its
future through the lens of real people: a son of Zionist pioneers, cynical about what is to come and his people'
s
status in it; a woman in her nineties whose life in a kibbutz has disintegrated; a brilliant poet caught up in the political maelstrom; an Arab gallery owner archiving a lost Palestinian landscape; and a descendant of the Russian aliyah; representing millions of culturally and religiously different Jews, laying bare the question Who is an Israeli? 'The Land of Hope and Fear 'decodes
Israel
today at
its
seventy-fifth anniversary, examining the ways in which the country has both exceeded and failed the ideals and expectations of
its
founders."--From publisher.
Isabel Kershneris a correspondent for The New York Times in Jerusalem, covering both Israeli and Palestinian politics and society. Previously, she was a senior editor at The Jerusalem Report. Born in Manchester, England, she graduated from Oxford University. She has been living with her family in Jerusalem since 1990.
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