Bitter Love. Israel or the Shores of Intimacy (4/4)
In Daniela’s apartment, amid French books, chocolate bars from Paris, Shabbat in Katamon, and memories of activism, Israel takes the form of an almost familial...
Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac
Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac holds a Ph.D. in sociology and teaches at Sciences Po Paris. He is the author of "Le CRIF De la résistance juive à la tentation du lobby de 1943 à nos jours" [The CRIF: From the Jewish Resistance to the Temptation of the Lobby, 1943 to the Present] (Robert Laffont, 2011) and "Le Monde diplomatique et Israël Histoire moderne de l'Etat juif à travers un journal de référence" [Le Monde diplomatique and Israel: A Modern History of the Jewish State Through a Leading Newspaper] (Le Manuscrit, 2006).
Articles by Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac
Bitter Love. Israel or the Shores of Intimacy (3/4)
A first adult trip to Israel should allow one to move beyond maps, books, and preconceived notions. In Jerusalem, a meeting with Daniela, an activist...
Bitter Love. Israel or the Shores of Intimacy (2/4)
In Grenoble, Israel becomes a daily obsession: news bulletins from Kol Israel, maps of South Lebanon, imagined governing coalitions, debates on Radio Kol HaChalom. The...
Bitter Love: Israel or the Shores of Intimacy (1/4)
Before it is a matter of ideology or war, Israel is first and foremost, for the child, a holiday destination: Eilat, with its coral reefs,...