Description |
xxi, 440 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Gretti and Shmulik -- Haifa -- Order 8 -- The king of falafel -- The western wall -- Rav Nachman's chair -- El Marsa -- The Genazim -- Kabbalistic kugel -- Psagot -- Alam -- Ofer likes to cook -- The Saturday morning crew -- Ma'agan -- Razallah -- Tomika -- The wolves and the king -- When the Messiah dies -- Sami and Susu -- Hadsh -- David -- Israel in Chicago -- Prisoner of Zion -- The pictures on the wall -- Isso Amro -- Hugging the tzadik -- Belaynesh -- From Ohio to Ramallah -- Zimam -- Rami -- Eran -- Benny Brown -- Ponevezh -- Jamal. |
Summary |
"A groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Israel by award-winning author Ethan Michaeli, who documents the nation at its most volatile moment by weaving together the personal histories of Holocaust survivors, tech millionaires, Torah scholars, Ethiopian Prisoners of Zion, Russian emigres, West Bank settlers, and Palestinians"-- Provided by publisher. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Subject |
Michaeli, Ethan -- Travel -- Israel.
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Israel -- Description and travel.
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ISBN |
9780062688859 (hardcover) |
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