Michael Oren, Ally

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A Prologue to the 24th Edition of the Book Festival
of the MJCCA Presents Michael Oren,
Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

Michael B. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s ambassador to the United States (2009 – 2013) provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between America and its closest ally in the region. An American by birth and a historian by training, Oren arrived at his diplomatic post just as Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton assumed office. During his tenure in office, Israel and America grappled with the Palestinian peace process, the Arab Spring, and existential threats to Israel posed by international terrorism and the Iranian nuclear program. Forged in the Truman administration, America’s alliance with Israel was subjected to enormous strains, and its future was questioned by commentators in both countries.

Ally is the story of that enduring alliance—and of its divides—written from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home. In the pages of this fast-paced book, Oren interweaves the story of his personal journey with behind-the-scenes accounts of fateful meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, high-stakes summits with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and diplomatic crises that intensified the controversy surrounding the world’s most contested strip of land.

“The smartest and juiciest diplomatic memoir that I’ve read in years, and I’ve read my share. . . .”
-- Bret Stephens, The Wall Street Journal

“Illuminating . . . [Oren’s] personal odyssey exemplifies the shift from a liberal and secular Zionism

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