Format:
Book
Author:
Burg, Avraham, author.
Title:
In days to come : a new hope for Israel / Avraham Burg.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Nation Books, 2018.
Description:
xii, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
A leftist Israeli activist delivers a singular sermon explaining what needs urgent repair in the Jewish democracy. Born in 1955, Burg witnessed firsthand many of the most dramatic and critical moments in Israeli history. Here, he chronicles the highs and lows of his country over the last five decades, threading his own journey into the story of his people and offers his vision for a new comprehensive paradigm for Judaism, Israel, and the Middle East.
Subjects:
Burg, Avraham.
Political activists -- Israel -- Biography.
Authors, Israeli -- Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other Author:
Greenberg, Joel, translator.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Part 1. Living -- Chapter One: Menorah of bullets (1955-1968) -- Chapter Two: A ray of light in the dark (1969-1977) -- Chapter Three: Soldier in war, activist in peace (1973-1982) -- Chapter Four: The public life (1982-2001) -- Chapter Five: An alien in the Knesset (1988-1992) -- Chapter Six: Decline and redemption (2001-2004) -- Part II. Learning -- Chapter Seven: Running and writing with a kippah -- Chapter Eight: Of Isaac and Abraham -- Chapter Nine: A tale of two Hebrons -- Chapter Ten: The new meaning of Hebron -- Chapter Eleven: From local to global identity -- Chapter Twelve: Of trauma and recovery -- Chapter Thirteen: The Holocaust Is over -- Chapter Fourteen: A tale of two meetings -- Chapter Fifteen: Betwixt and between epilogue: the dawn after the long night.
LCCN:
2017020692
ISBN:
9781568589787 (hardcover)
1568589786 (hardcover)
Other Number:
985359756
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3576734
Call Number:
956.9405
Course Reserves:
0
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2