Portland Zionists Unite! and Other Stories

These raw interlocking short stories-set in Israel Portland and Thailand-explore the complex reality of modern Israel its recent history and what it represents to its citizens and foreign-born Jews. With a range of different narrators-three Israel Defense Force soldiers a hawkish retiree a synagogue executive director and a young video game fan-each story viscerally speaks to the contrasts between Israels founding mythology and current political realities. Each narrators perspective is different but collectively the voices engage with a growing concern in US Jewish communal life: how to countenance an Israel that increasingly doesnt reflect the values of American Jews.