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S. Yizhar

1992

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This text depicts acts of violence as well as discriminatory perspectives on people of Arab descent. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or hate speech of any kind.

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All of a sudden the wicket opened and a lot of people entered all at once in a jostling mass, and Daddy was there too, clutching the milk pan in one hand and the iron bar in the other. They had been held up at the entrance to the neighbourhood and could not get back. Difficult things were going on all the time, not only the crowd from Jaffa…

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S. Yizhar

1916–2006

A novelist and children’s writer, S. Yizhar (Yizhar Smilansky) was born in Reḥovot. He fought in Israel’s War of Independence and held a seat in the Knesset. Yizhar taught education and literature at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University. He was a recipient of the Israel Prize, the Brenner Prize, the Bialik Prize, and the Emet Prize. Yizhar’s Days of Tsiklag (1958) is considered a classic of Jewish literature.

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