The Spirit Level
Amos Oz writes the story of Israel.
"They were raving at my blondness! They thought it was the sun, the air. It's Jerusalem! They used to call me shaygets." — Oz on his parents' Zionist pride in their genetic-ideological miracle
November 8, 2004
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