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Episode 2 Nerves

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Written by Yosef Haim Brenner

Brenner was the beloved Hebrew writer of the Second Aliyah (1904-1914), whose members laid the groundwork for the State of Israel. He showed the brooding Russian underside of their pioneering achievement.

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