We are pleased to welcome to Bet Torah Oren Kessler, author of Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict, named one of the ten best books of 2023 by the Wall Street Journal. Please register below. You can purchase the book here.

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Praise for Palestine 1936

• "When did the conflict assume its current parameters? Oren Kessler argues that the crucial moment was an overlooked episode a decade before Israel’s birth. He makes a convincing case… Kessler is the first to tell this story from all three sides (British, Arab, Jewish) and use sources in all three languages (English, Arabic, Hebrew). He has done an exceptional job and opened new vistas on troubles past and present." One of the ten best books of 2023 - The Wall Street Journal
• “Want to understand the roots of the Middle East conflict? Read this book” -- Haaretz
• Finalist, National Jewish Book Award
   

About Our Presenter

Oren Kessler is a journalist and political analyst based in Tel Aviv. He has served as deputy director for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, Arab affairs correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, and an editor and translator at Haaretz English edition.

Raised in Rochester, New York, and Tel Aviv, he holds a BA in history from the University of Toronto and an MA in diplomacy and conflict studies from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

Kessler’s work has appeared in media outlets including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Politico.