{"product_id":"jerusalem-jerusalem-a-memoir-or-war-and-peace-passion-and-politics-9780140102444","title":"Jerusalem  Jerusalem: A Memoir or War and Peace  Passion and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1966  Lesley Hazleton went to Israel for a two-week vacation - she discovered the seductive city of Jerusalem and stayed for thirteen years. During this time Hazleton  a British Jew  became a seasoned journalist  experienced the Six Days War  and made her first pilgrimage through the Old City to the Western Wall. She left Israel in 1979  but it was like ending a passionate love affair: Hazleton could not break the intense emotional times that bound her to Jerusalem  and she returned year after year.  Jerusalem  Jerusalem is set during Hazletons \"farewell\" visit in 1984  and it chronicles her own personal struggle to come to terms with what this troubled country means to her. Veering between the past and present  this poignant memoir traces the political and environmental changes that have transformed Israel since the Six Days War  and addresses the evergrowing conflict between religious and secular Jews. Lesley Hazleton explores the divisions of souls - Israels and her own - as she paints an intimate  honest  and compelling portrait of a city living on the brink of war and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792546488373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140102442","price":65.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780140102444.jpg?v=1784752012","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jerusalem-jerusalem-a-memoir-or-war-and-peace-passion-and-politics-9780140102444","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}