5/26/09

Times' Obituary of Israeli Writer Amos Elon

Amos Elon in the mid-1980s.A serious loss. The great Israeli writer Amos Elon has passed away.

We assigned his books to many of our students. They told the story of the founding of Zionism and the State of Israel with great beauty, style and clarity.
Amos Elon, Israeli Author, Dies at 82 By ETHAN BRONNER
Mr. Elon, whose work examined his society’s flaws and myths, was for many years Israel’s most renowned intellectual.

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