Class of 95: A Literary Anthology on the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Class of 95: A Literary Anthology on the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin A powerful anthology of Israeli poetry on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, translated into English for the first time and released for his 30th Memorial Day. When Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on the night of November 4, 1995, a generation came of age in grief, awakening to the fragility of democracy and the cost of Jewish division. His death tore through the heart of Israeli society and reverberated across world Jewry, becoming one of the defining ruptures in modern Jewish history. Class of 95 presents, for the first time in English, Israel’s poetic response to this national trauma. Originally published in Hebrew as Machzor 95, this anthology gathers diverse and powerful Israeli voices, including both renowned poets and a new generation of writers who gave words to a nation’s shock, grief, and search for meaning. Bringing together forty poems by leading Israeli voices, including Dahlia Ravikovitch, Ronny Someck, Agi Mishol, Jimbo J, and Nitzan Mintz, Shachar-Mario Mordechai, Yosef Ozer, and many others. Edited by Barak Sella, former spokesperson for the Rabin national rally and expert on Israel-US relations. Foreword by Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, and afterword by Silvio Joskowicz, Head of the Zionist Enterprises Department in the World Zionist Organization. Translated by Yoni Hammer-Kossoy, Winner of the 2020 Andrea Moriah Prize in Poetry. Cover and design by Elad Medan. Published to mark the 30th Memorial Day of Rabin’s assassination, Class of 95 is more than a book, it is a cultural bridge, a call to remember, and an invitation to reimagine democracy, peace, and Jewish unity for the next generation. Published and translated with support from the Zionist Enterprises Department at the World Zionist Organization. theclassof95.com
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Author/Artist:Sella, Barak|Kurtzer, Yehuda|Hammer-Kossoy, Yoni|Medan, Elad|Joskowicz, Silvio|Baroukh, Dr. Rina
Binding: Paperback
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