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Israel Is a Funny Country

Author : Al Kustanowitz
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781493575862
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Israel Is a Funny Country written by Al Kustanowitz and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the multifaceted nature of humor in Israel, some of which is intentional and some of which is unintentional. Either way, the quirks of Israeli life contribute to making that life interesting and fulfilling. In the pages of this volume, we take a look at humorous slices of Israeli life, Israeli comedy, satire and parody, funny TV commercials, unusual stories about food, surprising rabbinic bans on daily activities, simchas as they can only be celebrated in Israel, and endearing aspects of Israeli culture. There are more than 120 anecdotes and links to video clips totaling more than six hours of video. We hope that these anecdotes and video clips give you a new and different insight into life in Israel, and encourage you to join in the fun by planning a visit to the land flowing with milk and honey.

Israel

Author : Noa Tishby
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982144947
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Israel written by Noa Tishby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A personal, spirited, and concise chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most fascinating countries in the world-Israel"--

Prisoners

Author : Jeffrey Goldberg
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307265978
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Prisoners written by Jeffrey Goldberg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg – an American Jew – served as a guard at the largest prison camp in Israel. One of his prisoners was Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Overcoming their fears and prejudices, the two men began a dialogue that, over more than a decade, grew into a remarkable friendship. Now an award-winning journalist, Goldberg describes their relationship and their confrontations over religious, cultural, and political differences; through these discussions, he attempts to make sense of the conflicts in this embattled region, revealing the truths that lie buried within the animosities of the Middle East.

Israel Is Real

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429930578
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Israel Is Real written by Rich Cohen and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).

Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel

Author : Fran Markowitz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803274122
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel by : Fran Markowitz

Download or read book Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel written by Fran Markowitz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel presents twenty-two original essays offering a critical survey of the anthropology of Israel inspired by Alex Weingrod, emeritus professor and pioneering scholar of Israeli anthropology. In the late 1950s Weingrod’s groundbreaking ethnographic research of Israel’s underpopulated south complicated the dominant social science discourse and government policy of the day by focusing on the ironies inherent in the project of Israeli nation building and on the process of migration prompted by social change. Drawing from Weingrod’s perspective, this collection considers the gaps, ruptures, and juxtapositions in Israeli society and the cultural categories undergirding and subverting these divisions. Organized into four parts, the volume examines our understanding of Israel as a place of difference, the disruptions and integrations of diaspora, the various permutations of Judaism, and the role of symbol in the national landscape and in Middle Eastern studies considered from a comparative perspective. These essays illuminate the key issues pervading, motivating, and frustrating Israel’s complex ethnoscape.

A Little Too Close to God

Author : David Horovitz
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307575756
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book A Little Too Close to God written by David Horovitz and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When David Horovitz emigrated from England to Israel in 1983, it was the fulfillment of a dream. But today, a husband and a father, he is torn between hope and despair, between the desire to make a difference and fear for his family's safety, between staying and going. In this candid and powerful book, Horovitz confronts the heart-wrenching question of whether to continue raising his three children amid the uncertainty and danger that is Israeli daily life. In answering that question he provides us with an often surprising, myth-shattering, and shockingly immediate view of a country perpetually at a crossroads, yet fundamentally different than it was a generation ago. The Israel that Horovitz describes is at once supremely satisfying and unremittingly harsh. It is a land of beauty and spirit, where the Jewish nation has undergone remarkable renewal and a vibrant society is constantly being reshaped. But Horovitz also describes how the unrelenting tension has produced a people that smokes too much, drives too fast, and spends far too much of its time arguing with itself. He makes clear the lasting effects of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination; the increasing incursions by the ultra-Orthodox into the domain of daily life; the anxieties that beset parents as their children approach the age of mandatory military service; and the constant fear of violent attack by fundamentalist extremists. (The book in fact opens, hauntingly, with a description of the aftermath of a bombing just outside a Jerusalem restaurant -- the very place where Horovitz had eaten lunch the day before.) As Americans wrestle with their feelings toward Israel, and as Israel struggles with the question of whether a Jewish state and the principles of democracy are truly compatible, Horovitz illuminates the myriad quotidian experiences -- both good and bad -- that define the country at this volatile time. Here is the moving, mordantly funny, and uncompromising account of one Israeli's life.

Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

Author : Jeremy Dauber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393247880
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Comedy: A Serious History written by Jeremy Dauber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award “Dauber deftly surveys the whole recorded history of Jewish humour.” —Economist In a major work of scholarship that explores the funny side of some very serious business (and vice versa), Jeremy Dauber examines the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing Jewish comedy into “seven strands”—including the satirical, the witty, and the vulgar—he traces the ways Jewish comedy has mirrored, and sometimes even shaped, the course of Jewish history. Dauber also explores the classic works of such masters of Jewish comedy as Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, Franz Kafka, the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Philip Roth, Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, and Larry David, among many others.

Israel (Export)

Author : Noa Tishby
Publisher : Free Press
ISBN 13 : 9781982172343
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book Israel (Export) written by Noa Tishby and published by Free Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Extreme Metal

Author : Keith Kahn-Harris
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 1845203992
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Extreme Metal written by Keith Kahn-Harris and published by Berg. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, this book demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form. It draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene.

Like Dreamers

Author : Yossi Klein Halevi
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062274821
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Like Dreamers written by Yossi Klein Halevi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Everett Family Jewish Book of the Year Award (a National Jewish Book Award) and the RUSA Sophie Brody Medal. In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present. Following the lives of seven young members from the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade, the unit responsible for restoring Jewish sovereignty to Jerusalem, Halevi reveals how this band of brothers played pivotal roles in shaping Israel’s destiny long after their historic victory. While they worked together to reunite their country in 1967, these men harbored drastically different visions for Israel’s future. One emerges at the forefront of the religious settlement movement, while another is instrumental in the 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. One becomes a driving force in the growth of Israel’s capitalist economy, while another ardently defends the socialist kibbutzim. One is a leading peace activist, while another helps create an anti-Zionist terror underground in Damascus. Featuring an eight pages of black-and-white photos and maps, Like Dreamers is a nuanced, in-depth look at these diverse men and the conflicting beliefs that have helped to define modern Israel and the Middle East.

Collections Vol 5 N2

Author : Collections
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442267690
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Collections Vol 5 N2 written by Collections and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Letter from the Editor Juilee Decker Articles Russel Wright and Handicraft: Transnational Collecting Practices Jennifer Way The Anatomy of the New Jewish Museum, Munich: Traces of the Past and Present Carol Salus KE EMu and the Future for Natural History Collections María Consuelo Sendino Evaluation of Gender Representation of Museum Collection Positions in the United States Meghan E. Beverung Book Reviews College and University Archives: Readings in Theory and Practice edited by Christopher J. Prom and Ellen D. Swain Reviewed by Amanda Bahr-Evola Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity, and Authenticity by Martin Hand Reviewed by Katharine K. Liu

Israel for Beginners

Author : Angelo Colorni
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9789652294838
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Israel for Beginners written by Angelo Colorni and published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, based on first-hand, day-by-day survival of over three decades in Israel, will help you to first understand, then gradually accept, and eventually almost conform to the Israeli mentality, which in turn will enable you to first look like, then gradually behave like, and eventually almost become a real Israeli. With tongue firmly in cheek, the author takes some affectionate, punning jabs at his adoptive homeland's language, people, lifestyle, and land.

The Global War on Morris

Author : Steve Israel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476772231
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Global War on Morris written by Steve Israel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Congressman, a political satire follows pharmaceutical salesman Morris Feldstein, who accidentally puts a non-business charge on his credit card that gets flagged by a government-surveillance-program supercomputer and leads to his becoming public enemy number one. 50,000 first printing.

The Case Against Israel

Author : Michael Neumann
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1904859461
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Case Against Israel written by Michael Neumann and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A measured but relentless assessment of the long struggle between Zionists and Palestinians.

Coming Together, Coming Apart

Author : Daniel Gordis
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118040813
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Coming Together, Coming Apart written by Daniel Gordis and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Coming Together, Coming Apart "Interesting conversation is Israel's most ingratiating commodity, and this is an especially interesting one. To read Coming Together, Coming Apart is to be engaged in an ongoing dialogue with one of Israel's most thoughtful observers--an American who made Israel his home, despite its imperfections and dangers. Gordis's conversational narrative is irresistible." --Alan dershowitz, author of The Case for Israel "Whether describing a walk through Jerusalem in snow, a hike in the desert, or a farewell family drive to the Gaza settlements, Gordis manages to capture the essential details that tell us the larger meaning of our Israeli lives. There is much irony in this book, and also anger, especially against those who unfairly judge Israel in its most desperate and noble times. Most of all, though, this book is the chronicle of a love story--of an immigrant family in Jerusalem falling in love with Israel and, through that love, discovering the strength to cope with life on the front lines of a jihadist war. As a fellow Jerusalemite, I feel a profound debt to Gordis for explaining what it means to raise a family in the middle of a terror zone, and the courage that average Israelis instinctively display in maintaining the pretense of normal life. Those of us who share his passion are fortunate to be so well represented by this book." --Yossi Klein Halevi, Foreign Correspondent, The New Republic

Big Guns

Author : Steve Israel
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 150111803X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Big Guns written by Steve Israel and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Steve Israel, the Congressman-turned-novelist who writes “in the full-tilt style of Carl Hiaasen” (The Washington Post), a comic tale of the mighty firearm industry, a small Long Island town, and Washington politics: “Congress should pass a law making Big Guns mandatory reading for themselves” (Nelson DeMille). When Chicago’s Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to ban handguns from America’s cities, towns, and villages, Otis Cogsworth, the wealthy chairman and CEO of a huge arms company in Asabogue, Long Island, is worried. In response, he and lobbyist Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon escalate. Asabogue’s Mayor Lois Leibowitz passes an ordinance to ban guns in the town—right in Otis Cogsworth’s backyard. Otis retaliates by orchestrating a recall election against Lois and Jack Steele, a rich town resident, runs against her. Even though the election is for the mayor of a small village on Long Island, Steele brings in the big guns of American politics to defeat Lois. Soon, thousands of pro-gun and anti-gun partisans descend on Asabogue, and the bucolic town becomes a tinderbox. Meanwhile, Washington politicians in both parties are caught between a mighty gun lobby and the absurdity of requiring that every American, with waivers for children under age four, carry a gun. What ensues is a discomfiting, hilarious indictment of the state of American politics. “New York congressman-turned-novelist Steve Israel delivers a second brilliant political satire” (Booklist, starred review). “An entertaining satire” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Big Guns is “a wonderfully irreverent satire about the fractured and fractious American political and lobbying system…a rollicking comedic trip” (Publishers Weekly).

Home Is Not a Country

Author : Safia Elhillo
Publisher : Make Me a World
ISBN 13 : 0593177088
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Home Is Not a Country written by Safia Elhillo and published by Make Me a World. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.