A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical AllianceAmerican Jews who support Israel have found themselves a very powerful and unexpected ally: Evangelical Christians. Zev Chafets, former New York Daily News columnist and onetime director of communications for Menachem Begin, explores this partnership in A Match Made in Heaven. Over the course of a year, Chafets spent quality time with Jerry Falwell, visited Jewish cadets at West Point, attended the world’s biggest Christian retail show, journeyed to the Holy Land with a band of repentant Christian pilgrims, and broke bread with George W. Bush and five hundred Jewish Republicans. A Match Made in Heaven is the often hilarious story of Chafets’s quest to get to the root of a very serious question: Why do Evangelicals support Israel so strongly? Equal parts history, comedy, travelogue, and political tract, it is a smart and adventurous religious and political odyssey. Zev Chafets was born and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he moved to Jerusalem, where he spent 33 years in politics, government, and journalism, including a stint as director of communications for Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Chafets is a former columnist for the New York Daily News, as well as a founding editor of Jerusalem Report magazine and the author of nine books of fiction, media criticism and social and political commentary. |
Contents
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In the Beginning | 21 |
The Grocery Store at the End of the World | 33 |
Cell Phone Conversion | 45 |
Doc and the Pat | 59 |
Revenge of the Mainline | 77 |
A Fly on the Wailing Wall | 89 |
PART TWO IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS? | 115 |
Foxmans Complaint | 135 |
Its Not My Problem | 155 |
Jews Are Democrats Israelis Are Republicans | 169 |
Eric in Wonderland | 189 |
Summer Camp | 199 |
Yes for an Answer | 209 |
Acknowledgments | 215 |
The Kingdom Guy | 117 |
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