Thanks to the initiative of Federation Director Rabbi Susan Talve, and the collaboration of Rabbis Jim Bennet and Carnie Rose, the Federation Board of Directors is co-sponsoring the visit by Yossi Klein HaLevi on Monday and Tuesday nights, December 8 and 9.
YKH will be speaking about his new widely reviewed book Like Dreamers: The story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation. Tracing the lives of 7 individuals who were present at the liberation of Jerusalem in 1967, YKH describes the various directions each has taken. It is a fascinating and telling account of how individuals have dealt with the aftermath of occupation and prospects for peace during the ensuing 46 years. Despite being forged from a singular experience in 1967, the story traces individuals on the left, right and even more apathetic, well capturing the internal complexity of modern day Israel.
Yossi Klein HaLevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and a frequent contributor to The New Republic and other publications. He will be speaking at 7 PM at Congregation B’nai Amoona on Monday night December 8 and at 7PM at Central Reform Congregation on Tuesday night, December 9. Books will be available there for purchase.
Click here for an informational flyer on the event.
Read the Wall Street Journal’s review of Like Dreamers
Read the New York Time’s review of Like Dreamers
