Random House / Three Rivers Press Paperback

Updated Edition

1-4000-4959-8
October 2003
In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. Immediately after arriving in Israel, Daniel had started sending out e-mails about his and his family’s life to friends and family abroad. These missives passionate, thoughtful, beautifully written, and informative were excerpted in The New York Times Magazine to much acclaim. An edited and finely crafted collection of his original e-mails, Home to Stay tells the story of a family that must cope with the sudden realization that they took their children from a serene and secure neighborhood in Los Angeles to an Israel not at peace but mired in war. This is the chronicle of a loss of innocence. Ultimately, through Gordis’ eyes, Israel, with all its beauty, madness, violence, and history, comes to life in a way we�ve never quite seen before.

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An outstanding work,  powerfully and movingly written.
Jerusalem Post

A must read for American Jews, it would not be a bad idea for Israelis to do so as well.�
Jerusalem Report

A work that dazzles with its nuance as it winds up to sock you in the gut.
Kirkus (Starred Review)

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