Israel is smaller than New Jersey, with 0.11% of the world's population, yet captures a lion's share of headlines. It looks like one country on CNN, a very different one on al-Jazeera. The BBC has their version, The New York Times theirs. But how does Israel look to Israelis? The answers are varied, and they have been brought together here in one of the most original books about Israel in decades. From battlefields to bedrooms to boardrooms, discover the colliding worlds in which an astounding mix of 7.2 million devoutly traditional and radically modern people live. You'll meet "Arab Jews" who fled Islamic countries, dreadlock-wearing Ethiopian immigrants who sing reggae in Hebrew, Christians in Nazareth who publish an Arabic-style Cosmo , young Israeli Muslims who know more about Judaism than most Jews of the Diaspora, ultra-Orthodox Jews on "Modesty Patrols," and more. Interweaving hundreds of personal stories with intriguing new research, The Israelis is lively, irreverent, and always fascinating.

唐娜·羅森塔爾(Donna Rosenthal) 倫敦經濟學院國際關係(中東)碩士，以色列電視颱新聞製作人，以色列廣播電颱和《耶路撒冷郵報》的記者，希伯來大學的講師。在《紐約時報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《紐約每日新聞》、《新聞周刊》和《大西洋》等報刊上發錶許多文章。周遊瞭60多個國傢。曾報道瞭來自伊朗、黎巴嫩、埃及和約旦的消息，是第一個采訪埃塞俄比亞邊遠山村。嚮以色列廣播電颱的聽眾介紹在草棚猶太會堂中村民嚮移民以色列的埃塞俄比亞猶太人祈禱的記者。三項羅威爾·托馬斯奬的獲得者(最佳調研報道、最佳冒險遊記和外國報道)。