Isabel Kershner on This Unique Moment for Israel

The New York Times correspondent in Israel, Isabel Kershner talks with Roxanne Coady about the state of Israel today, the uniqueness of this moment and the divisions among Israelis in her new book, The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for Its Inner Soul.

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Isabel Kershner is a correspondent in Jerusalem for The New York Times covering Israeli and Palestinian politics and society, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and diplomatic efforts to resolve it. A fluent Hebrew speaker with working Arabic, she has been reporting on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide since 1990, previously working for The Jerusalem Report magazine. She is the author of “The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for its Inner Soul” and “Barrier: The Seam of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Born and raised in Manchester, England, she graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Oriental Studies.

Roxanne Coady is owner of R.J. Julia, one of the leading independent booksellers in the United States, which—since 1990—has been a community resource not only for books, but for the exchange of ideas. In 1998, Coady founded Read To Grow, which provides books for newborns and children and encourages parents to read to their children from birth. RTG has distributed over 1.5 million books.