Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A Zionist's Polemic

by Hillel Halkin

Book Overview

This passionate polemic addresses itself to the ultimate questions of Jewish destiny and proclaims the primacy of Israel as the locus of the Jewish future. Hillel Halkin is an American-born Jew who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827600933
• ISBN13: 9780827600935
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A moving essay on the meaning of living in a Jewish state

This is an excellent book in which Halkin explains to an American friend his reasons for choosing to live in the Jewish state even though it involves considerable material sacrifice in comparison to the life in America. Halkin's hope for and vision of a normal Jewish society living in peace with its neighbors seems farther from realization today than when he wrote the book. But the book is still a well- written and thoughtful essay in explaining the special meaning of the Jewish state.

A classic!

Excellent! It influenced me to make aliya (immigrate) to Israel. The situation has changed somewhat in the past few decades since Halkin wrote the book but the sentiments are still true today!