Author Gavriel Shapiro. This book first delves into the author's ancestry, thereby providing a partial slice of Russian Jewish history. It further relates the author's life in Israel, including his work at the Voice of Israel, study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and service in the Israel Defense Forces.

Thanksgiving All Year Round : A Memoir, Hardcover by Shapiro, Gavriel, ISBN 1618115057, ISBN-13 9781618115058, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This publication delves into the author's ancestry, providing a partial slice of Russian Jewish history. It then offers an individual perspective on what it meant to grow up in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII, a personal account of the rise anddevelopment of Jewish national awareness and also describes the struggle for the immigration to Israel in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.