I Followed My Heart to Jerusalem
A Jewish-American television executive makes a dramatic lifestyle change when he moves his wife and children from their comfortable Winnetka, Illinois home to Israel. This is a story of a man who gave up all that was familiar to follow his heart into a strange land where he found himself.
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A Jewish-American television executive makes a dramatic lifestyle change when he moves his wife and children from their comfortable Winnetka, Illinois home to Israel. This is a story of a man who gave up all that was familiar to follow his heart into a strange land where he found himself. Library Journal This simply written, simply told memoir follows the journey of a former TV producer, his wife, and his children as they make Aliya to Israel. As an upper-middle-class American secularist, Roe (The Business of Broadcasting) seems an unlikely candidate to give up his comfortable suburban Chicago life for the "start-over-again" strangeness of immigrating to Israel. The sequential format of this very readable book traces Roe's day-to-day adjustments to life in this new country. Particularly interesting are his attempts to apply his skills in television toward starting a new business in Israel. Less satisfying is the self-reflection of his spiritual and emotional journey; surprisingly little introspection results from this life-altering experience. Even his divorce from his wife of 24 years is treated as another "event," and though he uses the word "heartbreak," the reader doesn't feel any of the emotion that must have accompanied the breakup of his marriage, his daughter's suicide, or his return to the United States. While the journey to Jerusalem and the ten-year sojourn in Israel is well documented, the part about the "heart" is not as evident. For larger spirituality collections.-Herbert E. Shapiro, Empire State Coll. of SUNY at Rochester Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
\ Library JournalThis simply written, simply told memoir follows the journey of a former TV producer, his wife, and his children as they make Aliya to Israel. As an upper-middle-class American secularist, Roe (The Business of Broadcasting) seems an unlikely candidate to give up his comfortable suburban Chicago life for the "start-over-again" strangeness of immigrating to Israel. The sequential format of this very readable book traces Roe's day-to-day adjustments to life in this new country. Particularly interesting are his attempts to apply his skills in television toward starting a new business in Israel. Less satisfying is the self-reflection of his spiritual and emotional journey; surprisingly little introspection results from this life-altering experience. Even his divorce from his wife of 24 years is treated as another "event," and though he uses the word "heartbreak," the reader doesn't feel any of the emotion that must have accompanied the breakup of his marriage, his daughter's suicide, or his return to the United States. While the journey to Jerusalem and the ten-year sojourn in Israel is well documented, the part about the "heart" is not as evident. For larger spirituality collections.-Herbert E. Shapiro, Empire State Coll. of SUNY at Rochester Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \
