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The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey
Antony Lerman
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Description for The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey
Hardback. Powerful memoir of the personal and political journey of a leading figure in the UK's Jewish community, from idealistic Zionist to critic of Israel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel's aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest levels of international Jewish political and intellectual life.
He recalls his 1960s Zionist activism, two years spent on kibbutz and service in the IDF, followed by the gradual onset of doubts about Israel on returning to England. Assailed for his growing public criticism of Israeli policy and Zionism, he details his ostracism by the Jewish establishment.
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Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel's aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest levels of international Jewish political and intellectual life.
He recalls his 1960s Zionist activism, two years spent on kibbutz and service in the IDF, followed by the gradual onset of doubts about Israel on returning to England. Assailed for his growing public criticism of Israeli policy and Zionism, he details his ostracism by the Jewish establishment.
With a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
496g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332765
SKU
V9780745332765
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About Antony Lerman
Antony Lerman is Senior Fellow at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue in Vienna and Honorary Fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at Southampton University. He is the author of The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey (Pluto, 2012) and editor of Do I Belong? (Pluto, 2017).
Reviews for The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey
'An honest and moving account of how Antony Lerman - like so many Jewish liberals of his generation - fell in and out of love with the Zionist dream as translated into Israeli reality'
Rabbi David J. Goldberg, author of This Is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and Israel (2012) 'In this very courageous, personal yet intellectual exposé, Antony ... Read more
Rabbi David J. Goldberg, author of This Is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and Israel (2012) 'In this very courageous, personal yet intellectual exposé, Antony ... Read more