Full name: The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul

Author: Yoram Hazony Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780465029020 0465029027

In what may be the most controversial book on Zionism and Israel published in the last twenty years, Yoram Hazony graphically portrays the cultural and political revolt against Israel's status as the Jewish state. Examining ideological trends in academia, literature, media, law, the armed forces, and the foreign policy establishment, Hazony contends that Israelis are preparing themselves for the final break with the Jewish past and the Jewish future. In a dramatic new reading of Israeli history, Hazony uncovers the story of how Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt, and other German-Jewish intellectuals bitterly fought against the establishment of Israel, and later used the Hebrew University as a base for deposing David Ben-Gurion and discrediting Labor Zionism. The Jewish State is a must-read for anyone concerned with Israel's present and future. Similar books: The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank John Adams by David McCullough A Higher Call by Adam Makos The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom No Easy Day by Mark Owen Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn Endurance by Alfred Lansing The Code Book by Simon Singh