Israel Is Real
An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History| By: | Rich Cohen |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9780374177782 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781429930574 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The New York Times–bestselling author of Sweet and Low presents the "oft-told saga of the Jews in a fresh and engaging fashion" ( New York Times). 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). A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE