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Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Encounter Books; First American Edition edition (December 25, 2012)
"Lela Gilbert writes with grace and charm - along with a very special kind of deep understanding - about a problem that is seldom treated with any, let alone all, of these very special qualities. To see Israel from her perspective is to be granted a truly fresh perspective on a by now long distorted and crassly manipulated problem."
Chris Mitchell
Middle East Bureau Chief, CBN News, Jerusalem
"Lela Gilbert presents a compelling case of the shared threat and common enemy shared facing both Jews and Christians today - radical Islam. While this resonates most intensely in the Middle East, it's a worldwide danger and particularly to those in the West. As she so eloquently presents, "First the Saturday people then the Sunday people' is not just a slogan, it's a reality. We ignore Gilbert's warning at our peril."
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Hillel Fradkin Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute. "Gilbert's new book about Israel and the Middle East is spectacular achievement and a pleasure to read. It manages to combine several things all in a graceful whole: an insightful, vivid and affectionate portrait of Israel's people and their good and just life as they go about building their still young country. It thus makes concrete what would be lost should it succumb to the existential menaces it faces. At the same time it shows what is already in the process of being lost - the very ancient and still vibrant Christian communities of the Middle East - the Sunday People, who are now on the road to suffering the same fate in Muslin countries that the Saturday People - the Jewish refugees from Muslim countries - experienced before. In both regards it makes the general issues of our day - especially the impact of radical Islam -- more accessible through the stories of the people they affect. Remarkably all this is achieved through the powerful personal story of a Christian woman who came to Israel as a curious visitor and is now a sojourner sharing the charms and difficulties of its life."
Lela Gilbert traveled to Israel in 2006 and, after finding herself in the middle of a war, decided to stay for six years. As she assimilated into the new cultural environment, she also recorded observations about the many conflicts affecting the region. Saturday People, Sunday People vividly describes her experiences abroad, offering a fresh perspective on a country that is often misunderstood or misrepresented in the West. The author interweaves fascinating personal experiences with unfiltered accounts of issues she covered as a journalist. The title of the book refers not only to her experience as a Christian among Jews, but -- perhaps more importantly -- to the threat that both Christians and Jews face from radical Islamists.
What is most refreshing about this book is that Ms. Gilbert tells her story without resorting to any biases or presuppositions. Her writing voice is honest and humble, but also direct and insightful, making for an enjoyable read. It would be a worthwhile read for people of any faith or background.
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It was so interesting to read about Israel through a Christian's eyes. Even though I have visited Israel many times, I learned so much about an Israel that one never hears about...I laughed, I cheered and wept...what an easy and wonderful read..
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Lela Gilbert is appalled by the world's indifference towards the persecution of Jews and Christians by Muslim extremists in the Hold Land and other areas of the world. Followers of Christ seem particularly unconcerned, and often prefer to ignore the crisis. They sometimes even wrongly blame Israeli Jews for their plight. The Saturday and Sunday people are gradually being pushed out of the Middle East. Can this disturbing trend be reversed? Gilbert has provided us with abundant evidence. Will her warnings be heeded?
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Lela Gilbert's book is a mesmerizing account of a Christian living in Israel at a very perilous moment in that country's history. She introduces us to "settlers" -- Jews living in communities in the West Bank -- who manage to live a richly rewarding cultural and faith life in the face of dangerous security risks and sometimes incomprehension from some secular fellow-Israelis. She also writes honestly about the Palestinians she met. Many of them are refugees from an Arab world that has become increasinly hostile to people of Christian faith. Lela is a Christian who arrived right in the middle of the war with Hezbollah of Lebanon in 2006. She loves the Jewish people and indicates from her reporting how the tribulation some of them have been through may be the next thing in store for the region's Christians. She reports eloquently, honestly, and graciously on Israelis from all ranks and backgrounds to whom she openend herself up as a humble visitor to their country who was willing to learn -- without any preconceptions. I've read many books by Christians about Israel. I'd say this is easily the best so far.
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Lela Gilbert writes as though she's lived in the Holy Land her entire life. She has a natural, graceful, lyrical prose, but what marks her as a truly gifted writer is her professional, almost surgical precision... there is no superfluous fluff here. Description is accurate, observation calm and imagery moving. This is less a book than a song; a ballad which she has lovingly--but not uncritically--composed for her adoptive homeland.
I strong, STRONGLY urge others to buy and read this book. This is the ONLY way to understand Israel. Encounter it as a political scientist, a scholar, a poet and a romantic, all that the same time.
Bravo Ms. Gilbert!
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Lela Gilbert has not been intimidated by today's political correctness doctrine. She lays the blame for the Middle East's crisis where it belongs: on radical Muslim hatred of Jews and Christians. She brings to light the long-buried facts about the hundreds of thousands of Jews forced to flee from Muslim lands (1948-54), and points out that, now, Christians are being persecuted in the same way. This book is a warning to us all. It must be widely read.
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Beautifully written.Descriptive Honest,true. not propaganda Deep understanding of a complicated society Important book. I recommend it very highly as a real picture of Israel.
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Saturday People, Sunday People will tell you what the US Government and the Media will not. The US Government and the Media has not told the real story of what has been happening in the Moslem world over many decades to their Jewish and Christian citizens.
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