The Place I Live the People I Know: Profiles from the Eastern Mediterranean

The Place I Live the People I Know: Profiles from the Eastern Mediterranean
ISBN-10
1480814415
ISBN-13
9781480814417
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2015-02-11
Publisher
Archway Publishing
Author
Lori Mendel

Description

Everyone has a unique life story to tell. In The Place I Live The People I Know, author Lori Mendel shares stories from people she knows, gathered from Eilat in the south to Kibbutz Neot Mordecai in the north near the Syrian border. Theres Bishara from Nazereth, Edna from Beer Sheba, Ilan from Jerusalem, Noa from Tel Aviv, Sara from Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov, and many more. Some escaped the Holocaust, some are sabrasborn in Israel, some are new immigrants; Jews, Arabs, Christians, and Druze living in this extraordinary country, full of passions and contradictions. Praise for The Place I Live The People I Know Lori Mendels vibrant experiment in oral history helps us to understand the amazing diversity of the Jewish state. Patrick Tyler, Author, Fortress Israel A gold mine of memories, the drama of Israel through the stories of those who live it. Lori Mendel has performed a valuable service, collecting the life stories of dozens of people, a true cross-section of that fascinating nation - moving, real and illuminating. Martin Fletcher, NBC News and PBS Special Correspondent and author of Walking Israel, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. New novel is The War Reporter published by St Martins Press, New York.

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