Product Description: An impassioned defense of books and the business of books from five of the world's seasoned and forward-looking publishers.A biennial gathering of publishers, editors, writers, and thousands of booklovers, the Jerusalem International Book Fair hosts provocative seminars exploring issues vital not only to members of the publishing and media communities but to the creation of an enduring cultural legacy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The author recounts how his childhood in a Zionist family in Lithuania was destroyed first by the 1940 Soviet invasion, then by German occupation and his deportation to the ghetto, and also describes his role in the formation of Israel. (view table of contents)