The Young Inheritors: A Portrait of Israel's Children

by Yehuda Avner, Gemma Levine (Photographer)

The Young Inheritors portrays the diversity and complexity of Israel's youth. Through the eloquent writing of Yehuda Avner and striking photographs by Gemma Levine, we meet Hassidic boys with shaved heads and side-curls; Russian immigrants at absorption centers; Druze children leading the family donkey to market; children playing in bomb shelters and in the shadows of ancient arches. The Young Inheritors presents a loving portrait of Israel's children, who carry forward twenty centuries of history as they build a new nation.

228 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1984

About the author

Yehuda Avner (Hebrew: יהודה אבנר‎; December 30, 1928 – March 24, 2015) was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author. He served as Speechwriter and Secretary to Israeli Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Levi Eshkol, and as Advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres. Avner served in positions at the Israeli Consulate in New York, and the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, and as Israel’s Ambassador to Britain, Ireland and Australia.