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The Genius of Israel

By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
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How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?

Why do Israelis have among the world's highest life expectancies and lowest rates of "deaths of despair" from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel's population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking? How can it be that Israel, according to a United Nations ranking, is the fourth happiest nation in the world? Why do Israelis tend to look to the future with hope, optimism, and purpose while the rest of the West struggles with an epidemic of loneliness, teen depression, and social decline?

Dan Senor and Saul Singer, the writers behind the international bestseller Start-Up Nation, have long been students of the global innovation race. But as they spent time with Israel's entrepreneurs and political leaders, soldiers and students, scientists and activists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Tel Aviv techies, and Israeli Arabs, they realized that they had missed what really sets Israel apart.©2023 Dan Senor and Saul Singer Israel & Palestine Social Sciences Middle East Religious Studies Church & State Grandparenting

Critic reviews

A portrait of a society that, often seen as fractured and fractious, is surprisingly unified. . . . A thought-provoking study that non-Israelis will find particularly fascinating
How has the tiny country of Israel, beset by external foes and internal strife, stayed so resilient? This book offers big ideas for how all of us, not just Israelis, can tackle the central challenges of our times (Walter Isaacson)
Senor and Singer are shrewd observers
An absorbing read
All stars
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מעניין ורלווונטי. מצייר תמונה מקורית ומרעננת על הייחודיות של החברה הישראלית והסבר למה שנראה כשונות מובהקת של ישראל.

Great book

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