Middle Israel: How 'The Odyssey' echoes the Jewish story of homecoming - opinion
Middle Israel: How 'The Odyssey' echoes the Jewish story of homecoming - opinionWritten roughly in the time of Isaiah, The Odyssey had nothing to do with the Jews. Its narrative, however, sure is relevant to the Jews, as their own narrative comes under assault. Follow us on GoogleJEWISH IMMIGRANTS from Europe arrive in Haifa in 1929.
- ▪Middle Israel: How 'The Odyssey' echoes the Jewish story of homecoming - opinionWritten roughly in the time of Isaiah, The Odyssey had nothing to do with the Jews.
- ▪Its narrative, however, sure is relevant to the Jews, as their own narrative comes under assault.
- ▪Follow us on GoogleJEWISH IMMIGRANTS from Europe arrive in Haifa in 1929.
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Middle Israel: How 'The Odyssey' echoes the Jewish story of homecoming - opinionWritten roughly in the time of Isaiah, The Odyssey had nothing to do with the Jews. Its narrative, however, sure is relevant to the Jews, as their own narrative comes under assault. Follow us on GoogleJEWISH IMMIGRANTS from Europe arrive in Haifa in 1929. Drawing on Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of ‘The Odyssey,’ the writer explores why the Jewish return to Zion remains one of history’s enduring homecoming narratives.(photo credit: Josef Schweig/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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