The French public does not, or barely, know Vladimir Jabotinsky. Pierre Lurçat remedies this ignorance brilliantly by publishing a translation of the founding texts of this visionary, and by illuminating them with a pointed historical and philosophical introduction.
Liliane Messika, Causeur.fr
We must thank Pierre Lurçat for his work in translating and presenting this work. It allows the reader, unfamiliar with the actions and work of Vladimir Jabotinsky, to discover a political thinker through his commitment to Zionism... His writings demonstrate an unusual lucidity.
Evelyne Tschihrart, Dreuz.info
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Jabotinsky's world. Love dictionary. Preface by Cyril Aslanov.
255 pages. 23.55 EUR (hardback edition) / 18.79 EUR (paperback edition).
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This book aims to offer the reader, informed or layman, a more global vision of Jabotinsky's thought and the fundamental concepts of his political vision. Some of these have already been discussed in more detail in the three collections already published by the Zionist Library. This is the case, for example, of articles on the religious tradition of Israel, on social protection and the Jubilee, or even on the Arabs of Eretz-Israel.
Other articles, more numerous, address completely new themes: some very current (Anti-Semitism, Militarism, Ukraine, etc.), others more timeless (Literature, Odessa, Sephardim, etc.). The selection of themes addressed aims to give the reader as broad a vision as possible of the thought of Jabotinsky, a curious and eclectic spirit, who had given up a promising literary career to devote himself body and soul to the Zionist cause, without forgetting his passion for human things in general. The reader will discover a Jabotinsky very different from the image of Epinal and the slanders which – almost 90 years after his disappearance – continue to stick to him. A non-practicing Jew but respectful of tradition, convinced that it had to play an important role in the future Jewish State whose advent he did not see, Jabotinsky was an assiduous reader of the Bible, and his texts are sometimes imbued with a true prophetic spirit.
This book appears while Israel and the Jewish people are plunged into an existential war that has lasted for three years already. Jabotinsky's thinking has never been more current than since October 7. Whether it is the crucial theme of relations between Israel and its neighbors, the deadly illusion of pacifism, or even equality between men and women and the place of religion in the Jewish State, the writings of “Rosh Betar” remain as relevant today as they were a hundred years ago. If this book allows the French-speaking reader to discover the richness of Jabotinsky's writings and arouses their curiosity about the founder of the right wing of political Zionism, it will have achieved its objective.
Pierre Lurçat