From Nazi Europe to today's threat of nuclear annihilation, FAMILY WARS tells the story of three generations of an American/Israeli family torn apart by irreconcilable goals, in a young country fighting for its life in the world's most treacherous neighborhood.
Terror, murder, betrayal and loss haunt Naomi and Lazar Kagan, as well as their sons, military hero Ari and mystery figure Rafi, their wives and, most acutely, Ben, their beloved and tormented grandson, as well as their cousin, whose conflicts reflect the challenges of modern Israel, especially the conflict between secular Israel and religious ultra-nationalists.
When military intelligence chief Ari Kagan's first wife is brutally murdered while illegally at an Israeli military base in occupied Lebanon, and his friendship with Palestinian leader, Khalid Heikal, is betrayed, the family's yearning for their original home in the U.S. tugs against their devotion to the nation they helped build and threatens them all.
From Nazi Europe to today's threat of nuclear annihilation, Family Wars tells the story of three generations of an American/Israeli family torn apart by irreconcilable goals, in a young country fighting for its life in the world's most treacherous neighborhood.
Terror, murder, betrayal and loss haunt Naomi and Lazar Kagan, as well as their sons, military hero Ari and mystery figure Rafi, their wives and, most acutely, Ben, their beloved and tormented grandson, as well as their cousin, whose conflicts reflect the challenges of modern Israel, especially the conflict between secular, modern Israel and religious extremist Israel.
When military intelligence chief Ari Kagan's first wife is brutally murdered while illegally at an Israeli base in occupied Lebanon, and his friendship with Palestinian leader, Khalid Heikal, is betrayed, the struggles in the Kagan family, whose yearning for their original home in the U.S. tugs against their devotion to the nation the
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