THE ISRAELIS by Donna Rosenthal
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Comments" You must read Donna Rosenthal's comprehensive work. It is refreshing to read a book about ordinary people. Religious and secular, Jews and Arabs, settlers and suicide bombers - they are all here and in their own words." --David Lennon, former Financial Times Bureau Chief in Israel "A journalist's journalist." --David Aikman, former Time magazine Bureau Chief in Israel "The Israelis depicts an up-to-date, comprehensive portrayal of Israeli society. Donna Rosenthal captures both its rich variety and its many internal contradictions through personal vignettes whose characters are moving and endearing. Her style is more journalistic than academic, which makes the book more human, relevant, and easy to read for anyone who seeks to gain a thorough understanding of Israel's complex social fabric and of the intense daily lives of its inhabitants. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it." --Eric Benhamou, Chairman and CEO of 3Com and Palm "A wonderful book: well researched, balanced, and a joy to read. It brings you a picture of Israel that only a superb journalist such as the author can expose. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time." --Amir D. Aczel, author of Entanglement, Fermat's Last Theorem, and The Riddle of the Compass " Intimate and vibrant. The only book I have ever seen that reveals the full human spectrum of Israel today." --Prof. Daniel Matt, author of God and the Big Bang and The Essential Kaballah " The Israelis is thoroughly absorbing, and also deeply instructive, even for readers who may be familiar with the country. It provides a vivid mosaic of anecdotal portraits that span all the variegated sectors of Israel's population and all the problems with which contemporary Israelis struggle." --Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California Berkeley and author of The Art of Biblical Narrative " A colorful, and compelling portrait of young Israelis nobody knows. We hear the personal stories of the crazy mix of people who live in this well known, but little understood land. Anyone who wants to go far beyond the headlines will be wiser for having read this insightful book." --Professor David Biale, author of Eros and the Jews and editor of Cultures of the Jews " Thoroughly current. Abundant anecdotes giftedly crafted and frequently poignant, tell the story of the many tribes of modern Israel. For anyone who wants to learn more about contemporary Israel away from the headlines." --John Schlegel, S.J., President Creighton University, former President University of San Francisco "Donna Rosenthal's sharp journalistic eye gives readers a rare book -- an objective and even-handed account of life in Israel today." --Martin Halstuk, Professor of Journalism, Penn State University and former reporter, San Francisco Chronicle |
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