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ISBN-13: | 9781942134633 |
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Publisher: | Mandel Vilar Press |
Publication date: | 04/14/2020 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
Age Range: | 16 - 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Preface Prologue: From Prague to Palestine: How My Parents Came to Israel Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood 1. Coveting 2. Rice Pudding 3. Clean Sheets 4. Kindergarten Antics 5. Sugar Cubes 6. The Red Shoes 7. Aleph Bet 8. Tiny Feet 9. The Hungarians 10. From Now On, Call Me Danny 11. Her Mother 12. Night Walk 13. Snakes and Kisses 14. Shabbat and Sacrilege 15. Eighth Grade Baby 16. Jerusalem 17. America! 18. Going Home 19. What God Wants You to Do 20. Under the Bed, Below Sea Level 21. A Real Character 22. Never Turn Around 23. Desert Treasures 24. Turning Forward, Turning Back Epilogue AcknowledgmentsWhat People are Saying About This
Many books about the kibbutz explain its logic as a collective. Rachel Biale’s lovely and deliberately modest book reveals one girl's story, where communal solidarity consoles the adultsHolocaust refugeesand cultivates her growth within and sometimes against the collective's struggle for its own existence. Bernard Avishai, author of several books about Israel, including The Tragedy of Zionism and The Hebrew Republic
Many books about the kibbutz explain its logic as a collective. Rachel Biale’s lovely and deliberately modest book reveals one girl's story, where communal solidarity consoles the adults—Holocaust refugees—and cultivates her growth within and sometimes against the collective's struggle for its own existence. Bernard Avishai, author of several books about Israel, including The Tragedy of Zionism and The Hebrew Republic
Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Mirren and Jerry Seinfeld? All volunteered on Israel's unique creation - the kibbutz. This memoir is a poignant mix of secrets and survival, love and loss. Donna Rosenthal, journalist, kibbutz volunteer, author of The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land