Impossible takes longer : 75 years after its creation, has Israel fulfilled its founders' dreams? /
"In 1948, Israel's founders had much more in mind than the creation of a state. They sought not mere sovereignty but also a "national home for the Jewish people," where Jewish life would be transformed. Did they succeed? The state they made, says Daniel Gordis, is a place of extr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In 1948, Israel's founders had much more in mind than the creation of a state. They sought not mere sovereignty but also a "national home for the Jewish people," where Jewish life would be transformed. Did they succeed? The state they made, says Daniel Gordis, is a place of extraordinary success and maddening disappointment, a story of both unprecedented human triumph and great suffering. Now, as the country marks its seventy-fifth anniversary, Gordis asks: Has Israel fulfilled the dreams of its founders? Using Israel's Declaration of Independence as his measure, Gordis provides a thorough, balanced perspective on how the Israel of today exceeds the country's original aspirations and how it has fallen short"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxxvii, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780063239449 0063239442 |