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1 online resource |
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PROLOGUE It Is Dangerous to Read Facebook -- PART ONE Who Killed the Kibbutz? 1. Ghetto Life in the Finger of Galilee -- 2. Between the Hammer and the Anvil -- 3. A Few Grams of Courage -- 4. A Village Under Siege -- 5. The Final Solution -- 6. Stories from the Ass -- 7. Moving the State -- 8. The Shouting Fence -- 9. The Architecture of Hope |
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PART TWO Look Back to Galilee. 10. Born This Way -- 11. Buried History -- 12. Buying Cat Food with the King of Achziv -- 13. Living in Glass Houses -- 14. A Dry Season in the Garden of Eden -- 15. Love and Rockets -- 16. More Than a House -- 17. Broken Promises in the Promised Land -- 18. Revival of Faith -- 19. Boxing Hope |
| Summary |
A fascinating, non-partisan exploration of an incendiary region Say the word "Israel" today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades, the symbol of the Jewish State was the noble pioneer draining the swamps and making the deserts bloom: the legendary kibbutznik. So what ever happened to the pioneers' dream of founding a socialist utopia in the land called Palestine' Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel draws readers into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Acclaimed author David Leach revisits his raucous memories of life as a kibbutz volunteer and returns to meet a new generation of Jewish and Arab citizens struggling to forge a better future together. Crisscrossing the nation, Leach chronicles the controversial decline of Israel's kibbutz movement and witnesses a renaissance of the original vision for a peaceable utopia in unexpected corners of the Promised Land. Chasing Utopia is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of a divided nation where hope persists against the odds |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Leach, David, 1968- -- Travel -- Israel
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Leach, David, 1968- |
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Kibbutzim.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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Kibbutzim
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Travel
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Israel -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Israel -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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Israel
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781770909397 |
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1770909397 |
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9781770909380 |
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1770909389 |
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9781770413405 |
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1770413405 |
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