Impossible takes longer : 75 years after its creation, has Israel fulfilled its founders' dreams?

Summary: "In 1948, Israel's founders had much more in mind than the creation of a state. They sought not mere sovereignty but also a "national home for the Jewish people," where Jewish life would be transformed. Did they succeed? The state they made, says Daniel Gordis, is a place of extraordinary success and maddening disappointment, a story of both unprecedented human triumph and great suffering. Now, as the country marks its seventy-fifth anniversary, Gordis asks: Has Israel fulfilled the dreams of its founders? Using Israel's Declaration of Independence as his measure, Gordis provides a thorough, balanced perspective on how the Israel of today exceeds the country's original aspirations and how it has fallen short"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063239449
Physical Description: xxxvii, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
regular print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023