Catch the Jew!

De: Tuvia Tenenbom

Narrado por: Shlomo Zacks

Catch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in today's Holy Land. With holy chutzpah, Tenenbom boldly goes where no Jew has gone before, at times risking his life as he assumes the identities of Tobi the German and even Abu Ali in order to probe into the many stories in this strange land and poke holes in all of them.

From the self-hating leftists in Tel Aviv to the self-promoting PLO execs in Ramallah, from the black-clad Haredim of Bet Shemesh to the glowing foreign human-rights activists in Beit Hanina, from Jewish settlers and the Christians who come from abroad to toil with them to ardent Jerusalem monks and Bedouins in surprisingly glorious shacks, Tenenbom takes on the people of the land, getting to know them and disarming them as he breaks bread and mingles with anyone and everyone.

Does Palestinian wife number one hate the Jews more than she hates wife number two? Who finances cash-rich NGOs pursuing a Judenrein Israel? Who sets Palestinian olive groves on fire and why? What is the emotional gravity that pulls idealistic human-rights activists from other countries to Israel and only to Israel? Who are the flaming feminists who sacrifice their lives for the rights of polygamists? Whose land is this, anyway?

By turns poignant, enraging, and laugh-out-loud funny, this unique travelogue lays bare the intensity of this turbulent land in an unprecedented, eye-opening education, person by person, city by city, and meal by meal. You will never look at Israel the same way again.

©2015 Tuvia Tenenbom (P)2015 Tuvia Tenenbom

A quirky but insightful and entertaining book.

The narration is a touch leaden at times, but the book is very good. The author has a somewhat absurdist sense of humor, but the unfolding story is compelling and insightful, capturing well many different aspects of the conflict.

Thank You!

Much appreciated insights. Well written narrative on long overdue subject matter. This book is very thought provoking, especially its sections on ICRC and other NGOs. I hope this book will prompt greater discussions about antisemitism within Germany.

Great book but narration could be much better

The narrator sounds like reading more than performing. Sometimes is hard to notice that he is slim a new paragraph.

Extremely loud and exceptional close observation

It hard to overestimate deep evaluation author made.
His keen observation of NGO especially unnerving .
Well. Israel re-appear despite all odds and withstand enormous pressure since.

A Must Read!

An eye opening must read for anyone who thinks the Palestinians might have a point.

Very clever unmasking of hypocrisy

Tuvia Tenenbom is an Israeli living in Germany who travels to Israel to examine the scene. He is taken by most as a German, presumed to be a leftist, and thus exposes the hypocrisy of the NGO's operating in the Middle East, the falseness of the media, the inconsistency of the Orthodox Rabbinet, and the treachery of those claiming to be for peace while plotting the opposite.

His wry way of exposing through credulity and naiveté is brilliant.

I laughed, I grew angry, I became discouraged, I gained hope, and the rose colored glasses shattered giving way to a clearer light.

Appreciable Critique of Israel

Tuvia does a great job of showing what's really going on in Israel and how the NGOs are helping.

spot on

As an Israeli, I feel the author has accurately encapsulated the breadth of conflicting interests, opinions and personalities here, and I was grateful that he played the role of a skeptic rather than buying everything he was told without question.

The result will be an eye opener for those who think they know this place just because they've read Max Blumenthal or Farid Zakaria or Thomas Friedman, or reports from ICRC or other NGO's whose true interests belie impartiality I am sad to say, and I think the author would agree, this lone voice of his would have to be amplified substantially if it is to convince Palestinians to reach out in a spirit of compromise. But why should this be so when, as Tenenbom shows, even Israel's ostensible allies' actions stack the deck against Israel and nurture Palestinian hopes to displace Israel rather than live with it side by side?

But, at least now you can get a real sense of what is going down here. Read this book, and you'll be able to call out the nonsense when you see it.

very good read

enlightening book. very entertaining and informative. some might call it one sided but I call it accurate

Awful Narrator

The narrator's voice is awful - doesn't fit the book or Tuvia Tenenbom's personality. Also, his pacing, flat intonation, English accent and "schtruh" pronunciation of the sound "str" - as in "des schtroy", drives me crazy. Thumbs down - read the book. It's utterly brilliant and hilarious.