Israel Is Real

An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, History, Middle East, Israel, Jewish
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Author: Rich Cohen ISBN: 9781429930574
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: July 21, 2009
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Rich Cohen
ISBN: 9781429930574
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: July 21, 2009
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

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In AD 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed, a handful of visionaries saved Judaism by reinventing it, taking what had been a national religion and turning it into an idea. Whenever a Jew studied—wherever he was—he would be in the holy city, and his faith preserved. But in our own time, Zionists have turned the book back into a temple, and unlike an idea, a temple can be destroyed. With exuberance, humor, and real scholarship, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real offers "a serious attempt by a gifted storyteller to enliven and elucidate Jewish religious, cultural, and political history . . . A powerful narrative" (Los Angeles Times).

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE

A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER

In AD 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed, a handful of visionaries saved Judaism by reinventing it, taking what had been a national religion and turning it into an idea. Whenever a Jew studied—wherever he was—he would be in the holy city, and his faith preserved. But in our own time, Zionists have turned the book back into a temple, and unlike an idea, a temple can be destroyed. With exuberance, humor, and real scholarship, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real offers "a serious attempt by a gifted storyteller to enliven and elucidate Jewish religious, cultural, and political history . . . A powerful narrative" (Los Angeles Times).

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