Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem in the shadow of the ancestral traumas of the holocaust and ongoing wars. Stories of the past and fear of annihilation in the wars of the '60s, '70s, and '80s shaped her perceptions and identity. In America, she met a Palestinian woman who had grown up under Israeli Occupation, and as they shared memories of war years in Jerusalem, an unlikely friendship blossomed.
Contents
Beginnings -- What I know about THEM -- Names on the wall -- Army days -- I'm not into politics -- My brother's keeper -- Detours -- Uncharted territory -- The meeting -- starting to talk -- A decision unfolds -- A Putting the pieces together -- Life gets in the way -- A work in progress -- Stories from the road -- My mother's candle -- On despair and hope.
