Moshe Pearlman


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Moshe Pearlman, born Maurice Pearlman, was an Israeli writer.

Biography

He was born in London, England, and his original name was Morris Perlman. His father was born in Minsk, his mother was born in England by an immigrant family who came from Poland.
He studied at the London School of Economics, and was a student of Harold Laski.
He first worked in the 1930s as a journalist, where he was editor of the Zionist Review. In 1936, he emigrated to Israel, and lived in a kibbutz for a year.
He joined the Army of the newly founded state. From 1948 to 1952 he was the first Israeli military spokesman.
In 1960 he retired and devoted himself to literary activity.

Books

What has been happening in Palestine, 1937The kvutza: a description of the collective settlement in Palestine, 1943Mufti of Jerusalem: The Story of Haj Amin El Husseini, 1947 Adventure in the Sun: An Informal Account of the Communal Settlements of Palestine, 1947 The army of Israel, 1950The Capture Of Adolf Eichmann, 1961The capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann, 1963Historical sites in Israel, 1965The Zealots of Masada, 1967Jerusalem; a history of forty centuries, 1968In the footsteps of Moses, 1973The Maccabees, 1973Digging up the Bible: the stories behind the great archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land, 1980