Reading Hebron
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 1997
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887545337
- Publish Date
- Jul 1997
- List Price
- $14.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770912359
- Publish Date
- Jul 1997
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
A Toronto Jew named Nathan Abramowitz investigates the Hebron Massacre—in which a Jewish settler murdered 29 Muslims at prayer—as a way of questioning his own responsibility for the oppression of Palestinians.
About the author
Jason Sherman has written extensively for the stage, radio, and television. His plays include Remnants (A Fable); Itâ??s All True; Patience; Reading Hebron; The Retreat; The League of Nathans; An Acre of Time, and Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which won the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award for Drama. He served as executive story editor and writer on the TV series ReGenesis, earning Gemini and Canadian Screenwriting Award nominations. For CBC Radio he wrote â??National Affairs,â?? â??Irving Invectus,â?? and â??Graf,â?? for which he received the Canadian Screenwriting Award for radio drama. He is currently working on several television, radio and film projects. He lives in Toronto.
