Miriam's song : the story of Miriam Peretz / Smadar Shir ; translated by Jessica Setbon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shir, Semadar, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Setbon, Jessica, translator.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Shirat Miryam. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Peretz, Miryam.

Perets, Eliraz, -2010.

Perets, Eliraz.

Perets, Uriʼel, 1976-1998.

Perets, Uriʼel.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel. Ḥaṭivat Golani--Biography.

Israel.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel. Ḥaṭivat Golani.

Jews, Moroccan--Israel--Biography.

Jews, Moroccan.

Mothers of war casualties.

Mothers of war casualties--Israel--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem, Israel : Gefen Publishing House Ltd., [2016]

Language Note:

Translated from Hebrew.

Summary:

There's nothing worse than losing two sons. Yet I, who experienced the worst that could possibly happen, am busy all day long in my search for God's kindness. One day I decided to do an exercise. I took a piece of paper and drew two columns: My complaints to God, Uriel, Eliezer, Eliraz, My two sons and husband were taken from me before their time. God's Gifts to Me, My daughter Bat-El got married, Little Gili (my granddaughter) danced and sang at their wedding, Uriel's friend came to visit, My daughter-in-law shlomit invited me to spend Shabbat at their home, I can open my eyes, stand on my feet, enjoy the blossoming of the trees, laugh with my rambunctious grandchildren, The list went on and on... My dance with God has become a daily event. I feel a deep connection to Him. When I get up from bed after a sleepless night, I see the sun in the window and say, "Thanks for what I have right now." Not for the good that might come tomorrow or the next day, but for now. I say, "Thanks, God, for not forgetting me..." Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 How It All Began

Chapter 1 Morocco Isn't Ours - My Childhood in Casablanca 1

Chapter 2 Dialna! Hatzerim Immigrant Camp 15

Chapter 3 Shikun Dalet - The Move to Be'er Sheva 29

Chapter 4 Will You Marry Me? Meeting Eliezer 40

Chapter 5 Uriel Is Born 60

Chapter 6 My Romance with Sharm el-Sheikh - Life in Sinai 69

Chapter 7 A New Beginning - The Move to Givat Ze'ev 82

Part 2 Uriel

Chapter 8 The Magician - Uriel Is Drafted 99

Chapter 9 For Every Descent There's an Ascent - Uriel's Last Summer 116

Chapter 10 I Knew Uriel Would Die 123

Chapter 11 Uriel's Lookout - Life in One Sentence 136

Part 3 Eliezer

Chapter 12 Covenant of Disaster - A Marriage in Grief 143

Chapter 13 "Hang On" - Parting from Eliezer 152

Chapter 14 Mama Diali - My Younger Brother Charly 164

Part 4 Eliraz

Chapter 15 "Mother, What Are You Worried About?" Eliraz Enters the Army 179

Chapter 16 "Israel, My Land" - Eliraz Is Wounded 204

Chapter 17 At First Sight - Eliraz and Shlomit 213

Chapter 18 I Knew Eliraz Would Live 223

Chapter 19 Forgive Me, My Sons 236

Part 5 My Family Tells Their Story

Chapter 20 Hadas Peretz Eitam 241

Chapter 21 Avichai Peretz 247

Chapter 22 Elyasaf Peretz 274

Chapter 23 Bat-El Peretz Issachar 288

Chapter 24 Shlomit Gilboa Peretz - Parting from Eliraz 309

Chapter 25 Where's Dad? Or-Chadash Begins First Grade 311

Part 6 And Now

Chapter 26 Dancing with God - Faith in the Shadow of Death 319

Chapter 27 A Living Tombstone - My Mission 324

Chapter 28 A New Path - A Principal No Longer 336

Chapter 29 There Is an Eden 341.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9789652298355

9652298352

9789652298751

9652298751

OCLC:

946109410

Publisher Number:

99966964442