IN DAYS TO COME

Burg describes his religious Zionist upbringing, his experiences as a paratrooper in the Israeli army, and his tenure in the Knesset, and he reflects on his relationship with American and European Jewry.

In his memoir IN DAYS TO COME, one of the most eloquent and compelling figures in contemporary discourse about Israel takes the reader on a guided tour of his memories and dreams, his triumphs and failures. Avraham Burg tells the story of his generation, the children of the mythical “founders' generation” who established the State of Israel. Born in 1955, Burg has witnessed first-hand and close-up many of the most dramatic and critical events in Israeli history.
With courage and candor, Burg lays bare the seismic intellectual shifts that drove his political and personal journeys, offering a prophecy of fury and consolation, and a vision for a comprehensive new paradigm for Israel and the Middle East.

Avraham Burg was born in Jerusalem in 1955 to one of the most prominent and political families in Israel. Burg came to prominence during the first Lebanon war in 1982, when he was a leader of the anti-war protests. He went on to serve as advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and he was the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization and became the Speaker of the Knesset. Since his 2004 decision to retire from public life, Burg has become an outspoken leader of the Israeli Left. His previous book, THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER, was published by USA, Palgrave Macmillan; France, Fayard; Italy, Neri Pozza; Germany, Campus Verlag; Holland, Ambo/Anthos; Portugal, Tinto da China; Sweden, Daidalos; Yediot Ahronot, Israel