Catch The Jew!
Autor Tuvia Tenenbomen Limba Engleză Paperback – feb 2014
"Hugely entertaining, terribly funny, sarcastic, engaging, powerful, accusatory, judgmental, good!" – National Review
“A literary sensation.” – Haaretz
Catch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in today's Holy Land. With holy chutzpah, Tenenbom boldly goes where no Jew has gone before, at times risking his life as he assumes the identities of “Tobi the German” and even “Abu Ali” in order to probe into the many stories in this strange land and poke holes in all of them.
From the self-hating leftists in Tel Aviv to the self-promoting PLO execs in Ramallah, from the black-clad Haredim of Bet Shemesh to the glowing foreign human rights activists in Beit Hanina, from Jewish settlers and the Christians who come from abroad to toil with them to ardent Jerusalem monks and Bedouins in surprisingly glorious shacks, Tenenbom takes on the people of the land, getting to know them and disarming them as he breaks bread and mingles with anyone and everyone.
Does Palestinian wife number one hate the Jews more than she hates wife number two? Who finances cash-rich NGOs pursuing a Judenrein Israel? Who sets Palestinian olive groves on fire and why? What is the emotional gravity that pulls idealistic human rights activists from other countries to Israel – and only to Israel? Who are the flaming feminists who sacrifice their lives for the rights of polygamists? Whose land is this, anyway?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789652297983
ISBN-10: 9652297984
Pagini: 484
Dimensiuni: 146 x 221 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Gefen Publishing House
Colecția Gefen Publishing House
Locul publicării:Jerusalem, Israel
ISBN-10: 9652297984
Pagini: 484
Dimensiuni: 146 x 221 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Gefen Publishing House
Colecția Gefen Publishing House
Locul publicării:Jerusalem, Israel
Recenzii
Tenenbom's Catch the Jew! is a lively and humorous tour through Israel as the author visits and interviews the multifaceted State of Israel.The book is simultaneously extremely funny but also very dark and disturbing as Tenenbom forces the reader to confront the painful realities facing the Jewish State, not only from fundamentalists but also from their European supporters.
This is an excellent book for those interested in an unvarnished and eminently readable depiction of the opinions and beliefs of and about the Jews and the State of Israel. It is filled with humor and eye-opening insight into Israelis and Palestinians and the hope and challenges found everywhere in the Promised Land. I particularly liked the fact that no person or ideology is spared from the author’s scathing critique but at the same time, the worst actors bear the brunt of it.
If someone wereto ask me to recommend one book to help him or her understand Israel today—they could do no better than to read Tenenbom’s Catch the Jew!
The most important book I have read in the last five years
Tenenbom's insights are sharp and clear . . . Tenenbom has a captivating personality and he is extraordinarily funny . . . Read what Tenenbom has to tell us, without bias. We don't have the privilege not to know.
Run to your nearest bookstore and pick up a copy . . . I haven't laughed this hard out loud in a long time . . . This book is a must for anyone who wants to formulate an independent opinion on the reality in this region.
The humor in Catch the Jew! is razor sharp, it is highly intellectual and it's so funny that it will bring tears to your eyes. Tuvia, the ultimate leftist and humanist who loves all people, is everything the left pretends to be but is not. He exposes the European and Israeli leftists and human rights activists for what they are, racist and ignorant, and this creates an obvious tension that is at the core of this book. No wonder that some leftists are calling for his murder . . . Tuvia is curious as a cat, sly as a fox, friendly as a Labrador, and is also a man with seismographic sensitivities.
It's been a long time since a book affected me so deeply . . . There are those who compare Tuvia with Woody Allen but I think that these two are like oil and water. Whereas Woody is scared of his own shadow, Tuvia doesn't stop walking, deeper and deeper, in places most of us don't have the courage to enter.
This is an excellent book for those interested in an unvarnished and eminently readable depiction of the opinions and beliefs of and about the Jews and the State of Israel. It is filled with humor and eye-opening insight into Israelis and Palestinians and the hope and challenges found everywhere in the Promised Land. I particularly liked the fact that no person or ideology is spared from the author’s scathing critique but at the same time, the worst actors bear the brunt of it.
If someone wereto ask me to recommend one book to help him or her understand Israel today—they could do no better than to read Tenenbom’s Catch the Jew!
The most important book I have read in the last five years
Tenenbom's insights are sharp and clear . . . Tenenbom has a captivating personality and he is extraordinarily funny . . . Read what Tenenbom has to tell us, without bias. We don't have the privilege not to know.
Run to your nearest bookstore and pick up a copy . . . I haven't laughed this hard out loud in a long time . . . This book is a must for anyone who wants to formulate an independent opinion on the reality in this region.
The humor in Catch the Jew! is razor sharp, it is highly intellectual and it's so funny that it will bring tears to your eyes. Tuvia, the ultimate leftist and humanist who loves all people, is everything the left pretends to be but is not. He exposes the European and Israeli leftists and human rights activists for what they are, racist and ignorant, and this creates an obvious tension that is at the core of this book. No wonder that some leftists are calling for his murder . . . Tuvia is curious as a cat, sly as a fox, friendly as a Labrador, and is also a man with seismographic sensitivities.
It's been a long time since a book affected me so deeply . . . There are those who compare Tuvia with Woody Allen but I think that these two are like oil and water. Whereas Woody is scared of his own shadow, Tuvia doesn't stop walking, deeper and deeper, in places most of us don't have the courage to enter.