Portland Zionists Unite! and Other Stories

By Eric Flamm

These raw, interlocking short stories--set in Israel, Portland, and Thailand--explore the complex reality of modern Israel, its recent history, and what it represents to its citizens and foreign-born Jews. With a range of different narrators--three Israel Defense Force soldiers, a hawkish retiree, a synagogue executive director, and a young video game fan--each story viscerally speaks to the contrasts between Israel's founding mythology and current political realities. Each narrator's perspective is different, but collectively the voices engage with a growing concern in US Jewish communal life: how to countenance an Israel that increasingly doesn't reflect the values of American Jews.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629015989
• ISBN13: 9781629015989
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Inkwater Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"