Best Israeli Reading

Description
If you like reading books by Israeli authors, try some of these selections first. They include fiction (novels & short stories) as well as nonfiction.
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2,343 membres
58 critiques
4.2
6 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, sneuper, Polaris-, AbramowitzFamily
Explications
Polaris-: Childhood memoir - multi-generational family saga - wartime Jerusalem under siege - heartbreaking tragedy. Altogether the making of Israel's finest living author.
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557 membres
58 critiques
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, souloftherose, vancouverdeb
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SqueakyChu: A thought-provoking memoir by a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who promotes peace between Jews and Arabs despite personal family tragedy.
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194 membres
9 critiques
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, avatiakh, GaryMMorin, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Claustrophobic, fearsome, and heart-poundingly atmospheric tale of lonely soldiers and tension in a remote and hard-fought for mountain outpost. The denouement of Israel's Lebanese occupation.
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358 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Wonderfully written vignettes of a quieter rural Israel - with more than a few twists.
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593 membres
19 critiques
3.9
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552 membres
33 critiques
4.1
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32 membres
1 critique
4.2
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166 membres
2 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
Explications
Polaris-: Soaringly good classic of early Hebrew literature. Fascinating portrait of the early Zionists and the birth of Tel Aviv and modernity in Israel.
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80 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.3
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88 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
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350 membres
15 critiques
4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, sneuper
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SqueakyChu: A delightful novel showing how immigrants form the Old World come to Palestine to establish a kibbutz and celebrate life in their newly adopted country.
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85 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.4
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170 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.4
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265 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
kidzdoc, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Oz in playful good form. So much to absorb in so few pages. A renowned author attends a reading of his own work. Brilliantly drawn characterisations of contemporary Tel Aviv.
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572 membres
5 critiques
4
2 Members
GaryMMorin, Polaris-
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Polaris-: THE book to read on the beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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226 membres
6 critiques
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Memorable depiction of unconventional life and unconventional love in a border valley kibbutz of the 1960s.
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385 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
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38 membres
1 critique
3.9
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95 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
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lawecon
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45 membres
2 critiques
4
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labfs39
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643 membres
29 critiques
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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384 membres
23 critiques
3.8
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642 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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434 membres
6 critiques
4.1
Member
lawecon
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243 membres
9 critiques
3.9
Member
Polaris-
Explications
Polaris-: Inter-connected short stories brilliantly capture the essence of kibbutz life in late 1950s Israel. Oz refined and distilled to perfection.
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78 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
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labfs39
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44 membres
½ 3.6
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labfs39
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555 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.5
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labfs39
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117 membres
2 critiques
4.2
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Polaris-
Explications
Polaris-: Oz's distinctive style debuts with a fine collection of stories - well drawn tales of collectivised kibbutz pioneers.
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1,446 membres
63 critiques
4
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avatiakh
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47 membres
3 critiques
3.9
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23 membres
1 critique
4
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Polaris-
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386 membres
11 critiques
4
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Polaris-
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168 membres
8 critiques
3.9
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avatiakh
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506 membres
33 critiques
3.9
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Polaris-
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288 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.4
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464 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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288 membres
5 critiques
3.9
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Polaris-
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28 membres
2 critiques
2.9
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501 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
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Polaris-
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183 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
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308 membres
23 critiques
3.2
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avatiakh
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38 membres
1 critique
3.8
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Polaris-
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358 membres
6 critiques
3.9
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Polaris-
45
206 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.4
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avatiakh
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29 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
Polaris-
Explications
Polaris-: Pretty much every major event in Israel's short & busy history, and every major figure along the way - Rubinger was there taking fantastic photographs.
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52 membres
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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6 membres
1 critique
4
Member
Polaris-
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153 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
50
112 membres
½ 3.3
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Polaris-
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46 membres
3 critiques
3.8
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avatiakh
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64 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
53
179 membres
5 critiques
4
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Polaris-