Comments on: Interview With My Father: Part Eight http://www.israellycool.com/2008/08/01/interview-with-my-father-part-eight/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Aussie Dave http://www.israellycool.com/2008/08/01/interview-with-my-father-part-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-19403 Aussie Dave Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:31:32 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=6452#comment-19403 Dad definitely read books like that, and had an extensive collection, including Herman Wouk's The Hope and the Glory (2 of my favorites) and the biographies of Moshe Dayan, Menachem Begin and Golda Meir. He loved the idea that the Jews rose from the ashes of the Holocaust and were now able to defend themselves. My dad was a committed Zionist, and it is no coincidence that I ended up in Israel. Dad definitely read books like that, and had an extensive collection, including Herman Wouk’s The Hope and the Glory (2 of my favorites) and the biographies of Moshe Dayan, Menachem Begin and Golda Meir. He loved the idea that the Jews rose from the ashes of the Holocaust and were now able to defend themselves.

My dad was a committed Zionist, and it is no coincidence that I ended up in Israel.

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]]> By: bubbe http://www.israellycool.com/2008/08/01/interview-with-my-father-part-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-19247 bubbe Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:06:35 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=6452#comment-19247 Dave, do you know if your father ever read books like Leon Uris' Exodus or saw the same name movie. I'm curious what he thought about such epics in the aftermath of his experiences. Dave, do you know if your father ever read books like Leon Uris’ Exodus or saw the same name movie. I’m curious what he thought about such epics in the aftermath of his experiences.

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