147With his customary versatility and lucidity Harshav has given us . . . ahost of new and provocative insights into modern Jewish history. . . . Thisbook is an... » 

147With his customary versatility and lucidity Harshav has given us . . . ahost of new and provocative insights into modern Jewish history. . . . Thisbook is an outstanding attempt to juxtapose the revolution in Jewish life withthat of the Hebrew language in such a way that each informs our understandingof the other.8221151Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Columbia University «