{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-jewish-extremist-9780062362322","title":"Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe poignant and insightful memoir from Yossi Klein Halevi, the award-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eLike Dreamers\u003c\/em\u003e--a coming-of-age story about a traumatic family history, radical politics, and spiritual transformation that speaks to a new generation struggling to understand what it means to be Jewish in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child of a Holocaust survivor, Yossi Klein Halevi grew up in 1960s Brooklyn perceiving reality through the lens of his family's brutal past. Increasingly identifying with their history of suffering, he regarded the non-Jewish world with fear and loathing. Determined to take action--and seek retribution--he became a disciple of the late rabbi Meir Kahane and a member of the radical fringe of the American Jewish community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wry and moving account, Halevi explores the deep-rooted anger of his adolescence and early adulthood that fueled his increasingly aggressive activism. He reveals how he started to question his beliefs--and his self-inflicted suffering as a hostage of history--and see the world from his own clear perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a journalist and author, Halevi has dedicated himself to fostering interfaith reconciliation. \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Jewish Extremist\u003c\/em\u003e explains how such a transformation can happen--giving hope that peaceful coexistence between faiths is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHalevi, Yossi Klein:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eYossi Klein Halevi is an American-born writer who has lived in Jerusalem since 1982. He is a senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and the author of \u003cem\u003eAt the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLike Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Family Book of the Year Award for Best Jewish Book in 2013. Together with Imam Abdullah Antelpi of Duke University, he co-directs the Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative. He and his wife, Sarah, have three children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720665469202,"sku":"9780062362322","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40019e0c-f898-423f-907c-8e1f982dd64a.jpg?v=1734674344","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-jewish-extremist-9780062362322","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}