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Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner Hardcover – December 25, 2012

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Saturday People, Sunday People is a unique portrait of Israel as seen through the eyes of a Christian who came for a visit and has stayed on for more than six years. Long fascinated by a land that has become an abstraction centering on international conflicts of epic proportions, Lela Gilbert arrived in Israel on a personal pilgrimage in August 2006—in the midst of a raging war. What she found was a vibrant country, enlivened by warm-hearted, lively people of great intelligence and decency.

Saturday People, Sunday People tells the story of the real Israel and of real Israelis—ordinary and extraordinary—and the energetic rhythm of their lives, even during times of tragedy and terror. The book interweaves a memoir of Gilbert’s experiences with Israel’s people and places, alongside a rich account of past and present events that continue to shape the lives of Israelis and the world beyond their borders.

As she watched events unfold in the Middle East, Gilbert witnessed how the simplest facts turned into lies, from denial of the existence of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem to the characterization of Israel’s defensive border fence as “Apartheid.” Then Gilbert learned of a story that had all but vanished into history: the persecution and pogroms that drove more than 850,000 Jews from Muslim lands between 1948 and 1970—the “Forgotten Refugees.” Their experience is now repeating itself among Christian communities in those same Muslim countries. This cruel pattern embodies the Islamist slogan calling for the elimination of “First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.”

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312 pages
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English
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Encounter Books
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December 25, 2012
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6.1 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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159403639X
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978-1594036392
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Midge Decter

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"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."

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Encounter Books; First American Edition (December 25, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159403639X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594036392
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,536,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #842 in Religious Intolerance & Persecution
- #1,957 in Historical Middle East Biographies
- #2,984 in Israel & Palestine History (Books)

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Lela Gilbert has authored or co-authored more than sixty published books. She writes primarily in the field of ecumenical non-fiction. Besides Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner and Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians, she wrote Baroness Cox: Eyewitness to a Broken World, and is co-author of Windows To Heaven: Introducing Icons to Western Christians, with Elizabeth Zelensky. She writes music, poetry and has published fiction and children’s book. She serves an editorial consultant, a contributor to the Jerusalem Post, Huffington Post and National Review Online and is an adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute. She lives in California and Jerusalem.

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William H. Scarle Jr.

Reality in the Middle East

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013

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If you want to know what is really happening in the Middle East, the things our politicians and newsmen do not like talking about because it is in the area of religion, then you need to read this book. The title is taken from an expression often used by Islam in discussing the elimination of infidels from their lands. First we kill the Jews, and after that we kill the Christians. The author has spent years in the Middle East, and knows her subject. She does not talk in generalities but tells the real life stories of people caught up in the clash of faiths. Every story is well documented. She tells a story we need to hear. I hope this brief word will be an encouragement for more people to read this story that needs telling. In many ways it is a sad story. It is also a story of courage and faith in the face of persecution and death. It is well told and well worth the read.

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Annette Finger

Author's own experience

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020

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This is exactly what I was looking for: a written account of what it is like to live in Israel, particularly from a Christian perspective, and in light of the tensions between different people groups. Enlightening.

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Helen Pearson Freedman

Brilliant important information

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2016

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This book in 2015 is even more important for Jews and Christians to understand and recognize the realities in the Middle east for non-Muslims. Ms. Gilbert describes the ease in which she as a Christian was accepted in the Jewish Israeli society and the situations experienced by Christians she personally met with to determine their safety and life situations in Arab ruled areas of the West Bank. Important read for all who care about liberty and justice.

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Linda L Fullertonw

Prayers for the Jewish Holy Land

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2015

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Very educational, informative, and well written.
I too am a Christian and have traveled through parts of the Holy Land. It breaks my heart to see the killing and turmoil going on there.
I am currently trying to learn all I can right now about Jewish history and customs to better understand the Christian roots. In the meantime I am keeping the people in my prayers.

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S. Bleier

What the media does not tell you?

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2013

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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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Stan Sholar

Best living in Israel book.

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013

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The best book on living in Israel from viewpoint of a visitor and the up close recounting of daily challenges and experiences that I've ever read. I recommend it highly to anyone with an interest in the land.

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Excellent, I enjoyed reading it

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2015

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Excellent, I enjoyed reading it. Gives a good impression of the people in Israel and their lives, helps understand why those fundamental islamist are our enemies.

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Joni W

An excellent book: Well-researched. Accurate. Well-written.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2013

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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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J. Collins

Outstanding Honest Writing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2018

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Finally an honest book about Israel written by a Christian. I love this book for it's well written and engaging dialogue. Lela Gilbert is someone I can spend hours with discussing Israel and her experience living in Jerusalem. Wonderful book - Thank you Lela Gilbert !!!

Roseday

A most interesting account. The stories of people the ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2015

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A most interesting account. The stories of people the author got to know while living in Israel, it is fascinating and moving and should be read by all Christians, certainly.

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A beautiful insight into the intricacies of life in Israel and ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2015

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A beautiful insight into the intricacies of life in Israel and her people. Highly recommend this book by wonderful author, Lela Gilbert.

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