Like Dreamers - by Yossi Klein Halevi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present.<P>Following the lives of seven young members from the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade, the unit responsible for restoring Jewish sovereignty to Jerusalem, Halevi reveals how this band of brothers played pivotal roles in shaping Israel s destiny long after their historic victory. While they worked together to reunite their country in 1967, these men harbored drastically different visions for Israel s future.<P>One emerges at the forefront of the religious settlement movement, while another is instrumental in the 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. One becomes a driving force in the growth of Israel s capitalist economy, while another ardently defends the socialist kibbutzim. One is a leading peace activist, while another helps create an anti-Zionist terror underground in Damascus.<P>Featuring an eight pages of black-and-white photos and maps, Like Dreamers is a nuanced, in-depth look at these diverse men and the conflicting beliefs that have helped to define modern Israel and the Middle East. <P>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>Like Dreamers</em>, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present.</p><p>Following the lives of seven young members from the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade, the unit responsible for restoring Jewish sovereignty to Jerusalem, Halevi reveals how this band of brothers played pivotal roles in shaping Israel's destiny long after their historic victory. While they worked together to reunite their country in 1967, these men harbored drastically different visions for Israel's future.</p><p>One emerges at the forefront of the religious settlement movement, while another is instrumental in the 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. One becomes a driving force in the growth of Israel's capitalist economy, while another ardently defends the socialist kibbutzim. One is a leading peace activist, while another helps create an anti-Zionist terror underground in Damascus.</p><p>Featuring an eight pages of black-and-white photos and maps, <em>Like Dreamers</em> is a nuanced, in-depth look at these diverse men and the conflicting beliefs that have helped to define modern Israel and the Middle East.</p><p></p><p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Winner, Jewish Book Council's Everett FAmily foundation award, Jewish Book of the Year</p><p>Winner, American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal for Best Jewish Book of the Year</p><p>Editors' Choice, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>In restoring Jewish sovereignty to the Holy City during 1967's Six-Day War, the paratroopers of Reserve Brigade 55 fulfilled a dream of two millennia, forever changing the history of Israel and of the Middle East. And, as veteran journalist Yossi Klein Halevi compellingly reveals in <em>Like Dreamers</em>, they served pivotal roles in shaping Israel's destiny long after their resounding military success. As he follows the lives of this Israeli band of brothers, and charts the ideological divides among them, he weaves an epic chronicle of modern Israel that humanizes the country's political and cultural dilemmas, and offers an unprecedented glimpse into its soul.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Like Dreamers</i> is a big book, perhaps the big book on Israel we have been waiting for.... [It] is a remarkable feat of reporting, thrilling, painful, and brilliantly recounted, and an unparalleled portrait of Israel's last five decades."--Don Futterman, Daily Beast<br><br>"<i>Like Dreamers</i> is a sweeping work... a rich and complex narrative.... And it reads like a novel."--<b><i>Tower</i> magazine</b><br><br>"<i>Like Dreamers</i> is an eye-opening, beautifully written account, told through the lives of seven iconic Israeli paratroopers, of the shaping of the state we live in."--<b><i>Times of Israel</i></b><br><br>"<i>Like Dreamers</i> is at once magisterial and enthralling, observed with the sharp eye of a master journalist, the patience of a serious historian and the style of an exceptional storyteller."--<b>Zev Chafets, author of <i>Roger Ailes: Off Camera</i></b><br><br>"<i>Like Dreamers</i> is quite simply the best book about modern Israel I have ever read."--<b>Jonathan Rosen, author of <i>Joy Comes in the Morning</i></b>.<br><br>"[Halevi] tracks the...lives of seven of the Brigade 55 members.... [He] succeeds in his broader goal of linking these men and their families to Israel's history during the past five decades. This is a beautifully written and sometimes heartbreaking account of these men, their families, and their nation."--<b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b><br><br>"In his new, magisterial book about Israel, <i>Like Dreamers</i>...Yossi Klein Halevi has... captured the complexity of Israel in human terms."--<b><i>New Jersey Jewish News</i></b><br><br>"With compassion and moral imagination, Mr. Halevi helps us see why each side came to the conclusions that it did. In the process, he gives us an unforgettable taste of what he calls 'the agonizing complexity of Israel's dilemmas'."--<b>NY1, video review</b><br><br>"Yossi Klein Halevi has long been the most incisive and eloquent journalist writing from Israel for an American audience. This is his masterpiece. "--<b>Samuel G. Freedman, author of <i>Jew vs. Jew</i></b><br><br>"A fascinating study of modern Israel."--New York Post<br><br>"A magnificent book, one of the two or three finest books about Israel I have ever read.... Nothing explains more eloquently why Israel, more than most any other country, lives or dies based on the power and justice of its animating ideas."--Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg News<br><br>"An artful, affecting blend of history, biography, political science, and religion and an illustration of how small lights can illuminate a large landscape."--Kirkus Reviews<br><br>"Brilliant.... It would make a terrific movie, or even a new book in the Bible..."--Jewish Week<br><br>"Brilliant."--David Laskin, USA Today<br><br>"Halevi's book is executed with imagination, narrative drive, and, above all, deep empathy for a wide variety of Israelis, and the result is a must-read for anyone with an interest in contemporary Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br><br>"Mr. Halevi's masterly book brings us into [the]...debate and the lives of those who live it, not through fiction but through a factual account illuminated by his own intelligence and empathy."--Elliott Abrams, Wall Street Journal<br><br>"Powerful.... a textured, beautifully written narrative.... There is much to admire in this book, especially Mr. Halevi's skill at getting inside the hearts and minds of these seven men."--Ethan Bronner, New York Times<br><br>"Yossi Klein Halevi has written the Israeli epic."--Michael Oren, best-selling author of Six Days of War and Israeli Ambassador to Washington<br><br>"As a work of political, cultural, and religious history, Like Dreamers is a triumph."--Jewish Voice<br><br>"Yossi Klein Halevi's brilliant account of Israel's left-right divide is a spellbinding story of people's evolving views and of conquest's mixed blessings."--American Jewish World News<br>
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