The 1948 Generation: Myth, Profile and Memory
Emanuel Sivan
1991
Berl Katznelson did much to foster the awareness of “Yizkor” and its literature in the twenty years after Tel Hai, through an explicit reference to the chain of Jewish martyrology and heroism and a wide use of idiomatic expressions and source material. Berl did this by pouring old wine into new secular and activist vessels. This is how he writes…
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