From an expert who understands both sides of one of the world's most complex, controversial conflicts, a modern-day Guide for the Perplexed'a primer on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
*Finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award*
"Can't you just explain the Israel situation to me? In, like, 10 minutes or less?" This is the question Daniel Sokatch is used to answering on an almost daily basis as the head of the New Israel Fund, an organization dedicated to equality and democracy for all Israelis, not just Jews.
Can We Talk About Israel? is the story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, grappling with a century-long struggle between two peoples that both perceive themselves as (and indeed are) victims. And it's an attempt to explain why Israel (and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) inspires such extreme feelings'why it seems like Israel is the answer to "what is wrong with the world" for half the people in it, and "what is right with the world" for the other half. As Sokatch asks, is there any other topic about which so many intelligent, educated, and sophisticated people express such strongly and passionately held convictions, and about which they actually know so little?
Complete with engaging illustrations by Christopher Noxon, Can We Talk About Israel? is an easy-to-read yet penetrating and original look at the history and basic contours of one of the most complicated conflicts in the world.
Can We Talk About Israel?
Daniel Sokatch and Christopher Noxon
From the expert who understands both sides of one of the world's most complex, controversial conflicts, a modern-day Guide for the Perplexed'a primer on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian issue.Material available
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Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 17/02/2022
Format: 209.6 x 140 mm | 384 pagesAbout the Author
Daniel Sokatch is the chief executive officer of the New Israel Fund (NIF). He served as the executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Sokatch has been named to the Forward's 'Forward 50,' an annual list of the fifty leading Jewish decision-makers and opinion-shapers, in 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2010. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Sokatch holds an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, a JD from Boston College Law School, and a BA from Brandeis University. He is married with two daughters and lives in San Francisco.
Christopher Noxon (illustrator) is a journalist and illustrator whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, Salon, and his book Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook. He writes and draws in Ojai, California.
