Between Redemption And Revival

In the Zionist view of Israeli history, the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem - the Jewish community of the 19th and early 20th centuries - was &quote;a lifeless body ruled by hypocrites, cheats and unschooled rabbis&quote;, and its importance was downplayed and ignored in this study of the Old Yishuv, Dr Halper uncovers the personalities, issues, and events that formed