LEADER 04044nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910457565703321 005 20210603203409.0 010 $a0-520-93001-0 010 $a1-4337-0965-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930018 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354393 035 $a(EBL)291503 035 $a(OCoLC)133764918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203513 035 $a(PQKB)10824866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC291503 035 $a(DE-B1597)519265 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL291503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170142 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354393 100 $a20061003d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSon of cypresses$b[electronic resource] $ememories, reflections, and regrets from a political life /$fMeron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta in consultation with Michael Kaufman-Lacusta 210 $aBerkeley Los Angeles $cUniversity of California Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23825-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. A Founding Father --$t2. Delayed Filial Rebellion --$t3. Jerusalemites --$t4. "The Ceremony of Innocence Is Drowned . . ." --$t5. The Morning After --$t6. Separation and Disengagement --$t7. Descriptions and Prescriptions --$tEpilogue --$tIndex 330 $a"Now that I am seventy years of age, it is my prerogative to offer a summing up," says Meron Benvenisti, internationally known author and columnist, Jerusalem native, and scion of Israel's founders. Born in Palestine in 1934 to a Sephardic father and an Ashkenazi mother, Benvenisti has enjoyed an unusual vantage point from which to consider his homeland's conflicts and controversies. Throughout his long and provocative career as a scholar, an elected official, and a respected journalist, he has remained intimately involved with Israel's social and political development. Part memoir and part political polemic, Son of the Cypresses threads Benvenisti's own story through the story of Israel. The result is a vivid, sharply drawn eyewitness account of pre-state Jerusalem and Israel's early years. He memorably sets the scene by recalling his father's emotional journey from Jewish Salonika in 1913 to Palestine, with all its attendant euphoria and frustration, and his father's pioneer dedication to inculcating Israeli youth with a "native's" attachment to the homeland. In describing the colorful and lively Jerusalem in which he grew up, Benvenisti recalls the many challenges faced by new Jewish immigrants, who found themselves not only in conflict with the Arab population but also with each other as Sephardim and Ashkenazim. He revisits his own public disagreements with both Zionists and Palestinians and shares indelible memories such as his boyhood experiences of the 1948 War. In remembering his life as an Israeli sabra, Benvenisti offers a vivid record of the historical roots of the conflict that persists today. 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993-$xPeace 606 $aJews$zIsrael$vBiography 606 $aSephardim$zIsrael$vBiography 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aIsrael$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence. 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xPeace. 615 0$aJews 615 0$aSephardim 676 $a956.9405092 676 $aB 700 $aBenvenisti$b Meron$f1934-$0210418 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457565703321 996 $aSon of cypresses$92469406 997 $aUNINA