Around the world in 2,000 words

A reading of Dan Daor’s book of essays and journeys is an experience of traveling the world in the company of a scholar. Even the red-light district in Amsterdam stirs in him deep musings, in this case on the Dutch history of tolerance.

By Yaad Biran | 13:07 06.02.13 |

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Harim Veneharot La’olam: Reshimot Masa ‏(“Mountains and Rivers Forever: Travel Memoirs‏”), by Dan Daor. Am Oved ‏(Hebrew‏),
263 pages, NIS 88

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Around the world in 2,000 words

A reading of Dan Daor’s book of essays and journeys is an experience of traveling the world in the company of a scholar. Even the red-light district in Amsterdam stirs in him deep musings, in this case on the Dutch history of tolerance.

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