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SUMMARY:Israel has Moved
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DESCRIPTION:Israel has changed. The country was born in Europe’s shadow\,
  haunted by the Holocaust and inspired by the Enlightenment. But for Isr
 aelis today\, Europe is hardly relevant\, and the country’s ties to the 
 broader West\, even to America\, are fraying. Where is Israel heading? H
 ow do citizens of an increasingly diverse nation see themselves globally
  and historically? In this revealing portrait of the new Israel\, Diana 
 Pinto presents a country simultaneously moving forward and backward\, lo
 oking outward and turning in on itself. In business\, Israel is forging 
 new links with the giants of Asia\, and its booming science and technolo
 gy sectors are helping define the future for the entire world. But in po
 litics and religion\, Israelis are increasingly self-absorbed\, building
  literal and metaphorical walls against hostile neighbors and turning to
  ancient religious precepts for guidance here and now. Pinto captures th
 e new moods and mindsets\, the anxieties and hopes of Israelis today in 
 sharply drawn sketches of symbolically charged settings. She takes us on
  the roads to Jerusalem\, to border control at Ben-Gurion Airport\, to a
  major Israeli conference in Jerusalem\, to a hill overlooking the Dome 
 of the Rock and Temple Mount\, to the heart of Israel’s high-tech econom
 y\, and to sparkling new malls and restaurants where people of different
  identities share nothing more than a desire to ignore one another. Vivi
 d and passionate but underpinned by deep analysis\, this is a profound a
 nd sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we 
 might think.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:A7\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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