Rethinking Jabotinsky

Monday, June 2, 2014 | 7pm
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Book Talk
Hillel Halkin, Author and Translator
Rebecca Kobrin, Columbia University
Edward Rothstein, New York Times
Abraham Socher, Jewish Review of Books (Moderator)
How do we understand Vladimir Jabotinsky's legacy? Born in Odessa, a celebrated Russian journalist, first-rate novelist, and progenitor of today's Likud Party, Jabotinsky's life and work have been rife with contradictions and misunderstandings. In his new, insightful biography, 'Jabotinsky: A Life' (Yale University Press) -- the first in English in nearly twenty years -- celebrated author Hillel Halkin provides a fresh look at Jabotinsky as a writer, political thinker and leader.
This event featured Hillel Halkin in conversation with celebrated New York Times cultural critic, Edward Rothstein, Columbia University historian Rebecca Kobrin, and moderator Abe Socher, editor of The Jewish Review of Books.
This event was presented by YIVO, the Jewish Review of Books and Jewish Lives Biography Series.
'Jabotinsky -- A Life' became available Spring 2014 in the Jewish Lives Biography Series of Yale University Press.