Views in review : politics and culture in the state of the Jews

When Zionists first advocated a national home for the Jewish people, they also propounded a revolution in the values that Jews should live by, a whole new way of thinking about Jewish life & Jewish history. Has this revolution in fact occurred? And what have the consequences been for Jews & their neighbors? Especially given the extraordinary circumstances that link the United States & Israel, Americans may find the answers to such questions vexing - but the remarkable work of this author goes far to clarify the issues & enlighten the debate. Over the past two decades, he has written major essays for American readers about the political leaders, cultural crises, & historical background of the contemporary Israeli scene. In Views & Reviews these essays are brought together, with new commentary & observations, & their publication in one volume clearly shows that the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. From Ben-Gurion to Netanyahu, from "Israeli kitsch" to the meaning of the Holocaust for "the seventh million," the author enlightens the whole terrain of Israeli life & history. Views & Reviews brings a tragically conflicted country into sharp & memorable focus.… (more)