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Reading Philip Roth - Thursday, June 28th

4/27/2018

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Cheryl will present “The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth. But as part of the meeting we planned to read several of his books and included some other presentations.

​Philip Roth has many books and because they span years, they may be hard to get in book version here in Jerusalem. Most are available for Kindle through Amazon.

Here are listings with reviews of several of his many his books here.

Here's a listing in Goodreads website (click below to jump there.)

The meeting will be hosted by Peggy Kristt,
​Gershon Avner 13
Note: there is parking to the left, at the begining of Avner, before the buildings, and
Peggy's apartment is on floor minus 2, two down from the Avner Street entrance
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Click to jump to Goodread's Roth page

Here's Philip Roth's own description of his book: "The Human Stain"


Here is another listing:


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And another listing

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Philip Roth books on Amazon:

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Additional note on the Prime Ministers

4/25/2018

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Robert updated his note on "The Prime Ministers"
You can read it here or download his note here.​

The previous note:
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Robert wanted to share a note about the book "The Prime Ministers" - jump to it with this link.

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"The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership" by Yehuda Avner - Wednesday, April 25th

4/24/2018

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In April we will discuss 
The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership by Yehuda Avner
available through book sellers listed in Goodreads website, or at the Book Depository

Presented by Robert Hammer
on Wednesday, April 25th
​​At 8 PM
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We will meet at the home of
Diane and Jack
27 Mordecai Elkachi St Apt 3
To call: 02-6720266 or 0527408506 or 0528338950
Directions
Waze

Re:  The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner

A number of people have expressed concern about the length of this book.  Although it is 715 pages, including the introduction and “afterword,” I found it to be a quick read.
For those who may not want to read it “cover to cover,” the detailed table of contents should guide you to those sections of greatest interest to you.

The book is first, the story of a British teenager from Manchester, who arrives in Eretz Yisrael in 1947 for a B’nai Akiva training program “gap year,” and finds himself in the midst of the War of Independence and its aftermath.  B’nai Akiva eventually caught up with him and recalled him to the U.K. to do the job for which he had been “trained,” but not before he was part of the original garin that founded Kibbutz  Lavi.

Shortly after returning on Aliya, Avner  joined the Israeli Foreign Service, which “loaned” him to the Prime Minister’s office as an English speech writer.  While the book focuses on his service to Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin, and the noteworthy events that occurred during their administrations, it also covers his own diplomatic career, which included service as Israel’s ambassador to the U. K.

​Enjoy!
                        Robert

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