Catch The Jew! by Tuvia Tenenbom

Catch The Jew! by Tuvia Tenenbom

Bluntly satirical.irresistibly fascinating.seductive and engaging. - New York Times
Hugely entertaining, terribly funny, sarcastic, engaging, powerful, accusatory, judgmental, good - National Review

A literary sensation. - Haaretz

Catch the Jew recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in today's Holy Land. With holy chutzpah, Tenenbom boldly goes where no Jew has gone before, at times risking his life as he assumes the identities of Tobi the German and even Abu Ali in order to probe into the many stories in this strange land and poke holes in all of them.
From the self-hating leftists in Tel Aviv to the self-promoting PLO execs in Ramallah, from the black-clad Haredim of Bet Shemesh to the glowing foreign human rights activists in Beit Hanina, from Jewish settlers and the Christians who come from abroad to toil with them to ardent Jerusalem monks and Bedouins in surprisingly glorious shacks, Tenenbom takes on the people of the land, getting to know them and disarming them as he breaks bread and mingles with anyone and everyone.

Does Palestinian wife number one hate the Jews more than she hates wife number two? Who finances cash-rich NGOs pursuing a Judenrein Israel? Who sets Palestinian olive groves on fire and why? What is the emotional gravity that pulls idealistic human rights activists from other countries to Israel - and only to Israel? Who are the flaming feminists who sacrifice their lives for the rights of polygamists? Whose land is this, anyway?

By turns poignant, enraging, and laugh-out-loud funny, this unique travelogue lays bare the intensity of this turbulent land in an unprecedented, eye-opening education, person by person, city by city, and meal by meal. You will never look at Israel the same way again.

Tuvia Tenenbom is the creator of the Jewish Theater of New York and a best-selling novelist, journalist, and dramatist. He earned his doctorate in English literature from St. John's University. John's University, CUNY-Brooklyn for his MFA in playwriting, Touro for his BFA in mathematics and computer science, and Jerusalem for his rabbinical studies. In Israel and New York, he studied Christianity and Islam, as well as journalism, acting, theater, and finance (at NYU). Tuvia was called one of America's brightest thinkers by Germany's famous Die Zeit, and his theatrical work was acclaimed as compulsively fascinating by the New York Times and theater of honesty, curiosity, and chutzpah by the Village Voice.

Tuvia's articles and essays have appeared in major Western publications such as Die Zeit in Germany (where he has a semi-monthly column), Corriere della Sera in Italy, Yedioth Ahronoth in Israel, and Fox News and Forward in the United States. He's the author of the Spiegel Top-10 Best Selling Allein unter Deutschen (I Sleep in Hitler's Room in English), as well as Israel's number one best book Capture the Jew!