A Dispirited Rebellion

Gadi Taub

1997

Much has been written about the split that occurred in Zionist ideology after the removal of the immediate existential threat in the Six Day War—a split that grew increasingly wide with the Yom Kippur War, the Lebanon War, and the Intifada. In recent years there have been numerous efforts to show that the internal contradictions and the moral…

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Gadi Taub

b. 1965

Gadi Taub is a journalist, editor, and American history scholar, born in Jerusalem. He has published books for children and writes about politics as a columnist for Maariv. Taub teaches at the Hebrew University and is a coeditor of the literary periodical Mikarov. His children’s book, Hamekhashefah mireḥov Melts’et (The Witch of Three Melchett Street; 2000) has been translated and adapted for television and theater. In 2001, Taub received the Zeev Award.

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