Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian SojournerSaturday People, Sunday People is a unique portrait of Israel as seen through the eyes of a Christian who came for a visit and has stayed on for more than six years. Long fascinated by a land that has become an abstraction centering on international conflicts of epic proportions, Lela Gilbert arrived in Israel on a personal pilgrimage in August 2006—in the midst of a raging war. What she found was a vibrant country, enlivened by warm-hearted, lively people of great intelligence and decency. Saturday People, Sunday People tells the story of the real Israel and of real Israelis—ordinary and extraordinary—and the energetic rhythm of their lives, even during times of tragedy and terror. The book interweaves a memoir of Gilbert’s experiences with Israel’s people and places, alongside a rich account of past and present events that continue to shape the lives of Israelis and the world beyond their borders. As she watched events unfold in the Middle East, Gilbert witnessed how the simplest facts turned into lies, from denial of the existence of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem to the characterization of Israel’s defensive border fence as “Apartheid.” Then Gilbert learned of a story that had all but vanished into history: the persecution and pogroms that drove more than 850,000 Jews from Muslim lands between 1948 and 1970—the “Forgotten Refugees.” Their experience is now repeating itself among Christian communities in those same Muslim countries. This cruel pattern embodies the Islamist slogan calling for the elimination of “First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.” |
Contents
CHAPTER THREE DAYS OF | |
CHAPTER FOUR DIGGING FOR TRUTH | |
CHAPTER FIVE FIGHTING APARTHEID | |
CHAPTER SIX UNSETTLING MISCONCEPTIONS | |
CHAPTER SEVEN ANCIENT RIVALRIES | |
CHAPTER EIGHT GAZA DISASTERS | |
CHAPTER NINE BLIND SPOT | |
CHAPTER TEN EWISH NAKBA | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN ANNE FRANK OE BAGHDAD | |
CHAPTER TWELVE A SECOND EXODUS FROM EGYPT | |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN BEYOND BETHLEHEMS CALM | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN NATURAL ALLIES IN A DANGEROUS | |
EPILOG | |
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