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#Israel is so often in the news and I feel I just don‘t know enough about it. So I really appreciate this book, a history of how Israel came to be and how it has fared since it‘s inception. It‘s quite good and I would have preferred it be non-biased (it has a slight pro-Israel bias), but I appreciate how much it taught me.

#ReadingAsia2021

Fascinating narrative of the rebirth of the Jewish nation. The book begins with the Jews at the first Zionist Congress who sought a return to their ancestral homeland in Israel in the late 19th century and journeys to the present. Daniel Gordis was able to some extent convey the joy, pain and worries the new nation had to deal with as it was and still is surrounded by enemies determined to erase it from the map.

Starting a new book to unveil this mysterious place with extraordinary human stories in my heart.

“In Israel, in order to be a realist, you need to believe in miracles.”

Clear, forceful, frank, and often inspiring, Daniel Gordis's new work of both academic and personal writing explores the ups, downs, and turning points in a history that begins with Theodore Herzl‘s vision and ends with tomorrow‘s challenges. #JewLit

(Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/2dKhQ66)