In Jerusalem : three generations of an Israeli family and a Palestinian family / Lis Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Lis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pinczower family.

Ezrahi family.

Abuleil family.

Jews--Jerusalem--Biography.

Jews.

Social conditions.

Palestinian Arabs.

West Bank.

Palestinian Arabs--Jerusalem--Biography.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Jerusalem--Social conditions.

Jerusalem.

West Bank--Social conditions.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]

Summary:

"An entirely fresh take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that examines the life-shaping reverberations of wars and ongoing tensions upon the everyday lives of families in Jerusalem. A secular, diaspora Jew, Lis Harris grew up with the knowledge of the historical wrongs done to Jews. In adulthood, she developed a growing awareness of the wrongs they in turn had done to the Palestinian people. It gave her an intense desire to understand how the Israelis' history led them to where they are now. However, she found that top-down political accounts and insider assessments made the lives of those most affected seem like chess pieces. What she wanted was to register the effects of the country's seemingly never-ending conflict on the lives of successive generations. Shuttling back and forth over ten years between East and West Jerusalem, Harris got to know two families: the Israeli Pinczowers/Ezrahis and the Palestinian Abuleils. She came to know members of each family young and old, religious and secular, male and female. As they shared their histories with her, she looked at how each family survived the losses and dislocations that defined their lives; how, in a region where war and its threat were part of the very air they breathed, they gave children hope for their future; and how the adults' understanding of the conflict evolved over time. Combined with a decade of historical research and political analysis, Harris creates a living portrait of one of the most complicated and controversial conflicts of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

"In Jerusalem (working title) is a portrait based on ten years of scrupulous research and historical narrative of three generations of two families living in Jerusalem--one Israeli, the other Palestinian--whose vividly personal account of day to day life amidst extreme historical pressures provides an account of the conflict unlike any we have read before"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Greek Colony p. 1

Chapter 2 French Hill p. 11

Travels With Fuad I p. 33

Chapter 3 Shelter p. 38

Chapter 4 In and Out of War p. 49

Travels with Fuad II p. 55

Chapter 5 A New Country p. 57

Chapter 6 Occupied p. 73

Travels With Fuad III p. 100

Chapter 8 The 1,001 Nights of Wasif Jawhariyyeh and the Mingling of Christians, Jews, and Muslims p. 123

Travels With Fuad IV p. 133

Chapter 9 The Ezrahis p. 136

Chapter 10 Aunt Rasmea p. 161

Chapter 11 Yotam's Vision p. 180

Chapter 12 Soldiers p. 186

Chapter 13 Varieties of Religious Experience p. 200

Travels With Fuad V p. 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harris, Lis, author. In Jerusalem

ISBN:

9780807029688

0807029688

OCLC:

1080273925