A Voice Called

by Katz, Yossi

• ISBN13: 9789652294807
• ISBN10: 9652294802
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-20
• Publisher: Gefen Books

Summary

In his inspiring book A VOICE CALLED, Yossi Katz has brilliantly sketched the biographies of his (and perhaps our) real heroes. He portrays a collage of heroes who will inspire each and every one of us.

Author Biography

Yossi Katz, born in Philadelphia, has a degree in Jewish and Arab history from Temple University in Philadelphia and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After making Aliyah to Israel in 1978 he served in Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces) for over twenty-five years as a combat soldier in a reconnaissance unit of the Armored Corps. He is the former Israeli national boxing champion. Since 1980 he has taught at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI). A father of three and a grandfather to three grandchildren, he resides in Netanya.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
"If You Will It, It Is No Dream!"	p. 1
A Poem That Awakened a Nation	p. 11
The Heroes of HaShomer	p. 21
"Ivri, Daber Ivrit!"	p. 29
The Nili Spies	p. 35
My Hero and My Friend	p. 41
"HaYedid"-Friend and Hero	p. 49
Heroines and Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto	p. 57
Answering the Call	p. 69
A Jewish Champion, in and out of the Ring	p. 75
Continuing the Fight	p. 79
The Road to the Gallows	p. 85
Dignity in the Shadow of the Gallows	p. 91
Hatikvah	p. 97
American Jew-Hero of Israel	p. 105
The Spy Who Saved a Nation	p. 111
"Let My People Go"	p. 117
Heroes of Yom Kippur	p. 125
Letter from a Fallen Son	p. 133
A Hero in Words and Deeds	p. 137
The OC Mourning a Modern Maccabee	p. 145
"To Die or to Conquer the Mountain"	p. 151
"...For All Your Songs"	p. 159
The Red Beret	p. 167
	p. 171
A Symbol in Space	p. 179
"Proud, Generous and Fierce"	p. 185
"Shema Yisrael" and the Legacy of Rabbi Akiva	p. 191
"Aharai!"	p. 195
Putting Israel on the Map	p. 203
The Heroes at Home	p. 209
Letters from Israel	p. 213
Epilogue: Meeting My Hero	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 227
About the Author	p. 233
About AMHSI	p. 235
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