
Palestine 1936 by Oren Kessler
Palestine 1936 masterfully chronicles the 19361939 Great Arab Revolt, a seminal but forgotten uprising a decade before Israels birth that has cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. In Kesslers engaging, journalistic voice, this book reveals world-changing events through extraordinary individuals on all sides.Oren Kessler is a journalist and political analyst based in Tel Aviv. He has served as deputy director for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, Middle East research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, Arab affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and an editor and translator at Haaretz English edition.
Raised in Rochester, New York, and Tel Aviv, he holds a BA in history from the University of Toronto and an MA in diplomacy and conflict studies from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).
Kessler’s work has appeared in media outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Politico. Palestine 1936, his first book, was named winner of the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and among the ten best books of 2023 by the Wall Street Journal.
Visit his website here: orenkessler.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781538148808 |
| ISBN 10 | 1538148803 |
| Title | Palestine 1936 |
| Author | Oren Kessler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2023-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of Category for Writing Based on Archival Material: The JDC-Herbert Katzki Award - Finalist 2023, Winner of Finalist, Writing Based on Archival Material: The JBC-Herbert Katzki Award 2023, Winner of Finalist - Writing Based on Archival Material 2023, Winner of Finalist - Sophie Brody Medal 2023, Winner of One of the 10 Best Books of the Year 2023, Winner of The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature 2024, Winner of Editors' Choice in History: Adult Books 2023, Winner of Sophie Brody Medal 2023, Winner of Finalist, Writing Based on Archival Material: The Jewish Book Awards- Herbert Katzki Award 2023, Winner of Finalist, Sophie Brody Medal 2023 |
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