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In a collection of e-mails and dispatches, originally excerpted in The New York Times Magazine, the author describe his and his family's move from Los Angeles to Israel, their decision to make Jerusalem their permanent home, the escalation in Jewish-Palestinian tensions, and other experiences in Israel. Originally published as If a Place Can Make You Cry. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their stay, Gordis and his wife decided to remain in Jerusalem permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis to grow up in peace.<br><br>Immediately after arriving in Israel, Daniel had started sending out e-mails about his life to friends and family abroad. These missives—passionate, thoughtful, beautifully written, and informative—began reaching a much broader readership than he’d ever envisioned, eventually being excerpted in <i>The New York Times Magazine</i> to much acclaim. An edited and finely crafted collection of his original e-mails, <b>Home to Stay</b> is a first-person, immediate account of Israel’s post-Oslo meltdown that cuts through the rhetoric and stridency of most dispatches from that country or from the international media. This is must reading for anyone who wants to get a firsthand, personal view of what it’s like for a family on the front lines of war.
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