Our Exodus

By M. M. Silver,

Book cover of Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story

Book description

Despite the dramatic circumstances of its founding, Israel did not inspire sustained, impassioned public discussion among Jews and non-Jews in the United States until Leon Uris's popular novel Exodus was released in 1958. Uris's novel popularized the complicated story of Israel's founding and, in the process, boosted the morale of…


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Why read it?

1 author picked Our Exodus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It illuminated a part of history in which I have a passion. Insightful, challenging and most helpful in gaining a deeper perspective.