Tales of Jews and Muslims

TALES OF JEWS AND MUSLIMS is a collection of short stories about the activities of Jewishand Muslim people in a variety of circumstances.Th e Aftermath of War tells of the plight of an Arab couple after their makeshift homein a Jerusalem slum is demolished.In An Impossible Dream, a Muslim university professor advocates the creation of a NewJewish-Islamic State of Israel as the combined forces of the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and theTaliban threaten a nuclear war that would destroy Israel and the Middle East.In A Remarkable Israeli Family, a daughter talks about her Jewish pioneer family thatworked to establish and defend a new nation.In Sexy Lady, a secular Jewish woman tells about her steamy sexual relationships witha religious Jew, a practicing Muslim, and her husband.In Defense of the Homeland describes the courage and anxiety associated with a Bedouinattack on a kibbutz in northern Galilee.Th e Occupied Territories tells of the suff ering of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.An Enduring Love traces the idyllic life of a Muslim woman who marries a wealthyJewish man.In Jihad, a Muslim soldier boasts of his murders of the Jews and discusses the changesin his female cousins life after the Islamic State captures the city of Mosul, Iraq.In Memories of an Alta Cocker, an elderly Jew reminisces about his early life and friendsin Chicago.Collectively, the stories depict the joys and tragedies of two valiant and oft-suff ering peoples.