Description:
The memoir of former editor/publisher of the Jerusalem Post. "Ari Rath explores and illuminates the soul of Zionism in his enthralling life story, from Vienna under the Nazis to present-day Israel." -Ruth Klüger
Brief description: Ari Rath was an Austrian-Israeli journalist, editor and publisher of the Jerusalem Post for 14 years. Rath was born in 1925 in Vienna, Austria, and after the Anschluss in 1938 came to Israel on a Kindertransport. Taking part in practically all of Israel's most important milestones over the next seven decades, Rath began his life in Israel as a founding member of Kibbutz Hamadia, served in several wars, became the editor and publisher of the Jerusalem Post, interviewed dignitaries, politicians, made insightful commentary, and worked with Ben-Gurion as part of his inner circle of advisors. Throughout, Rath advocated for peaceful coexistence with Palestinians and was a founding member of the Next Century Foundation. Rath regained his citizenship to Austria late in his life and died in Vienna in 2017 at the age of 92 shortly after completing his memoirs. In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 2011 he received the Grand Order of Merit for Services Rendered to the Republic of Austria.
Review Quotes:
"Ari Rath explores and illuminates the soul of Zionism in his enthralling life story, from Vienna under the Nazis to present-day Israel." -Ruth Klüger, author of the bestselling memoir Weiter Leben: Eine Jugend / Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered