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Book SynopsisThe biography of Berl is more than the biography of an individual: it is the story of a movement. The book traces Berl from a young Russian socialist and romantic pioneer on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, into the propounder of a work ethic and the founder of the central political current of the Israeli labour movement.
Table of ContentsPrologue; Map of Palestine; 1. The road to Zion 1887–1909; 2. Discovery and self-revelation 1909–14; 3. Kinneret, Kinneret; 4. Facing the days ahead 1918–19; 5. Revolutionary times 1919–21; 6. Mission to the United States 1921–2; 7. The Third Aliyah crisis 1923–5; 8. Davar 1925; 9. In transition 1925–9; 10. First political baptism 1929–31; 11. The leader and his party 1931–5; 12. The Youth Centre Affair 1933–5; 13. The struggle to unite the kibbutz movement 1935–9; 14. Hour of peril 19636–9; 15. With our backs to the wall 1939–44; 16. Strength and weakness; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
