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Drama General

Reading Hebron

by (author) Jason Sherman

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Jul 1997
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887545337
    Publish Date
    Jul 1997
    List Price
    $14.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770912359
    Publish Date
    Jul 1997
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

A Toronto Jew named Nathan Abramowitz investigates the Hebron Massacre—in which a Jewish settler murdered 29 Muslims at prayer—as a way of questioning his own responsibility for the oppression of Palestinians.

About the author

Jason Sherman has written extensively for the stage, radio, and television. His plays include Remnants (A Fable); Itâ??s All True; Patience; Reading Hebron; The Retreat; The League of Nathans; An Acre of Time, and Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which won the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award for Drama. He served as executive story editor and writer on the TV series ReGenesis, earning Gemini and Canadian Screenwriting Award nominations. For CBC Radio he wrote â??National Affairs,â?? â??Irving Invectus,â?? and â??Graf,â?? for which he received the Canadian Screenwriting Award for radio drama. He is currently working on several television, radio and film projects. He lives in Toronto.

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