Between The Suns

Between The SunsJustin Whites memoir takes us on a journey from the Virginia suburbs to the cloistered precincts of Israels Sephardic ultra orthodox. Along the way, he experiences a cross section of Israeli life, working in Israels high tech sector and attending some of the country's most prestigious universities as well as learning and living in the ghetto like neighborhoods of the extremely religious. Many of the characters he meets, religious or secular, Sephardic

Justin WhiteÕs memoir takes us on a journey from the Virginia suburbs to the cloistered precincts of IsraelÕs Sephardic ultra-orthodox. Along the way, he experiences a cross-section of Israeli life, working in IsraelÕs high-tech sector and attending some of the country's most prestigious universities as well as learning and living in the ghetto-like neighborhoods of the extremely religious. Many of the characters he meets, religious or secular, Sephardic or Ashkenazi, immigrant or native-born, have, in common with the State of Israel itself, the quality of being Òneither here nor there,Ó caught between different worlds, living in that liminal space Òbetween the sunsÓ where, according to mystical lore, nothing is quite real and anything is possible. And so this record of one manÕs time in Israel provides us with a glimpse into the conflictsÑbetween religious and secular, high-tech and Torah, European and ArabÑthat roil Israeli society and whose resolution will determine the fate of the Land and its people.