The Heavens and the Earth: A Self-Portrait of the 1948 Generation

Dan Horowitz

1993

The tale of the Generation of the Land is a sad tale. Reflecting about the source of the depression that the situation in Israel instills in me, I can only ascribe it to expressions of ethnocentric tribalism, supported by religious fanaticism and popular hatred of Arabs that I encounter almost every day. I have witnessed similar reactions to my own…

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Dan Horowitz

1928–1991

Dan Horowitz was born in Tel Aviv, fought in the War of Independence, and studied political science and sociology at the Hebrew University. He earned a doctorate at Oxford and was a professor at the Hebrew University, where he taught and wrote about Israel’s political structure.

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