Nili Gold, who was born in Haifa to German-speaking parents in
1948, the first year of Israeli statehood, here offers a remarkable
homage to her native city during its heyday as an international
port and cultural center. Spanning the 1920s and '30s, when Jews
and Arabs lived together amicably and buildings were erected that
reflected European, modernist, Jewish, and Arab architectural
influences, through 1948, when most Arabs left, and into the '50s
and '60s burgeoning of the young state of Israel, Gold anchors her
personal and family history in five landmark clusters. All in the
neighborhood of Hadar HaCarmel, these landmarks define Haifa as a
whole. In exquisite detail, Gold describes Memorial Park and its
environs, including the border between the largest Jewish and Arab
neighborhoods in Haifa; the intersection of Herzl and Balfour
Streets, whose highlight is the European/Middle Eastern Technion
edifice; Talpiot Market, recalling Haifa as a lively commercial
hub; Alliance High School and the Great Synagogue, the former
dedicated to instilling a love of intellectual pursuits, while the
synagogue was an arm of the dominant Israeli religious
establishment; the Ge'ula Elementary School and neighboring
buildings that played a historical role, among them, the Struck
House, with its Arab-inspired architecture-all against the dramatic
backdrop of the mountain, sea, and bay, and their reverberations in
memory and literature. Illustrated with more than thirty-five
photographs and six maps, Gold's astute observations of the
changing landscape of her childhood and youth highlight literary
works that portray deeply held feelings for Haifa, by such
canonical Israeli writers as A. B. Yehoshua, Sami Michael, and
Dahlia Ravikovitch.
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