DEBUNKING THE BULL: For Seekers of Another Tack - Softcover

This superb collection of articles from the incomparable Sarah Honig is called Debunking the Bull, and what a delightful debunking it is. But it s more than that. It is a work of passion and erudition, of insight and observation, of clarity and punch. You will pick it up and find yourself reading just one more column, and then another, and then another. And when youve read it cover to cover, probably in one long sitting, and given it to your spouse to read, and purchased additional copies for your children and your relatives then you will realize that you have been in the hands of a polemicist without equal in Israel or the world. --Bret Stephens, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Wall Street Journal, former Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Post. A veteran reporter with the JerusalemPost, Sarah Honig is famous for taking strong sometimes unpopular stances on Israels geopolitical situation. This book is an anthology of 57 of the best pieces from the Jerusalem Posts Another Tack column, which Honig has been writing since 1999. Although witty and insightful, the elegance of Honigs writing is sometimes lost in her eagerness to use flowery, highfalutin language. The book itself is worse off for failing to include the dates of publication with each column. One cant help but think that this would provide the stories with an additional chronological and historical context that would make it even more valuable for the reader. Nevertheless, the stories highlight the authors ability to make her arguments in an intelligent manner, using historical and biographical anecdotes to underscore her points. Overall, the anthology is an interesting perspective on Israels position in the world.

This is an anthology of Another Tack columns which originally saw light on the weekend pages of the Jerusalem Post, where they had been a regular weekly feature since 1999. These columns have gained an extraordinarily popular following, with many readers turning to Another Tack before perusing the rest of the paper. The contextual backdrop may include historical references, cultural, political, and even meanderings into the realms of the arts, folklore, religion, showbiz, humor, philosophy, psychology and much more. All sorts of unexpected allusions and anecdotes may crop up in Another Tack. The final product is laced with wit and irony, kowtowing to no one but invariably expressing deep love for the Jewish people.