{"product_id":"giborei_koach_nishkachim","title":"Giborei Koach Nishkachim","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" merriweather sans sans-serif capitalize text-transform:=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#006600\" style=\"\" size=\"2\"\u003eMazkeret Batya - An Early Battleground For The Soul Of Israel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" merriweather sans sans-serif text-transform: capitalize\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#006600\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-family: \" merriweather sans sans-serif vertical-align: top\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#006600\" size=\"2\"\u003eWhen a determined band of Russian Jewish farmers arrived in Palestine in 1882, they knew the world would be watching: In one of Baron Edmond de Rothschild’s most daring experiments, their task was to build a Jewish agricultural colony to serve as a model for future refugees fleeing persecution.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-family: \" merriweather sans sans-serif vertical-align: top\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#006600\" size=\"2\"\u003eBut this is no typical story of pioneering; it is one of monumental idealism in the face of duplicity and cynical betrayal. The farmers’ simple wish to observe the Sabbatical year of 1889-1890 – despite their patron’s opposition – thrust them into the swirling epicenter of worldwide controversy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-family: \" merriweather sans sans-serif vertical-align: top\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#006600\" style=\"\" size=\"2\"\u003eReviled by the Baron’s administrators, vilified in the press, ridiculed and nearly abandoned even by some of their religious countrymen, they stood firm. Their fight for what later became \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eMazkeret Batya\u003c\/span\u003e sheds dazzling historical light on some of the very issues facing Israel today. Richly illustrated with maps and vintage photography, this riveting account takes the reader on a journey of remarkable courage and self-sacrifice – a journey history has forgotten.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MySefer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44909303103800,"sku":null,"price":27.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9497\/8104\/products\/p16130_1.jpg?v=1683228675","url":"https:\/\/mysefer.com\/products\/giborei_koach_nishkachim","provider":"My Sefer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}