Israel Is Real
An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, History, Middle East, Israel, Jewish
| Author: | Rich Cohen | ISBN: | 9781429930574 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | July 21, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rich Cohen |
| ISBN: | 9781429930574 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | July 21, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER
In AD 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed, a handful of visionaries saved Judaism by reinventing it, taking what had been a national religion and turning it into an idea. Whenever a Jew studied—wherever he was—he would be in the holy city, and his faith preserved. But in our own time, Zionists have turned the book back into a temple, and unlike an idea, a temple can be destroyed. With exuberance, humor, and real scholarship, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real offers "a serious attempt by a gifted storyteller to enliven and elucidate Jewish religious, cultural, and political history . . . A powerful narrative" (Los Angeles Times).
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER
In AD 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed, a handful of visionaries saved Judaism by reinventing it, taking what had been a national religion and turning it into an idea. Whenever a Jew studied—wherever he was—he would be in the holy city, and his faith preserved. But in our own time, Zionists have turned the book back into a temple, and unlike an idea, a temple can be destroyed. With exuberance, humor, and real scholarship, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real offers "a serious attempt by a gifted storyteller to enliven and elucidate Jewish religious, cultural, and political history . . . A powerful narrative" (Los Angeles Times).
