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}}'''"Next Year in Jerusalem"''', ''Imaginings'', edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Pocket 2003, is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]]. It was reprinted in ''The Book of Exodi'', edited by Michael K. Eidson.
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'''"Next Year in Jerusalem"''', ''Imaginings'', edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Pocket 2003, is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]]. It is a conventional [[science fiction]] piece, depicting a future where the state of [[Israel (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Israel]] was defeated by its neighbors after a century. Set in the mid 22nd century, the story depicts a series of terrorist attacks on [[Arab]] [[Palestine (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Palestine]] by members of the [[Second Irgun (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Second Irgun]], an Israeli nationalist group made up of foreign born [[Jews (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Jews]]. Despite the best efforts of [[Yakov]] and [[Miriam]] to incite an uprising, they succeed only in causing tragedy for the Jewish community when they kill its collaborationist [[Chaim Perelman|local leader]].
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"Next Year in Jerusalem" is a [[science fiction]] piece depicting a future where the state of [[Israel (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Israel]] was defeated by its neighbors after a century. Set in the mid 22nd century, the story depicts a series of terrorist attacks on [[Arab]] [[Palestine (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Palestine]] by members of the [[Second Irgun (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Second Irgun]], an Israeli nationalist group made up of foreign born [[Jews (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Jews]]. Despite the best efforts of [[Yakov (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Yakov]] and [[Miriam (Next Year in Jerusalem)|Miriam]] to incite an uprising, they succeed only in causing tragedy for the Jewish community when they kill its collaborationist [[Chaim Perelman|local leader]].
   
 
==Literary Comment==
 
==Literary Comment==
In typical fashion, Turtledove examines pressing issues of today by creating an analogous scenario. In this case, Turtledove displaces the Jews as the dominant power in Palestine and allows the Arabs to rule. While Turtledove acknowledges on the one hand that a strong Muslim government would not automatically be better (in fact, he tacitly argues that Muslim Arab rule in Palestine would be unpleasant), he also argues that fanaticism is rarely productive.
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In typical fashion, Turtledove examines pressing issues of today by creating an analogous scenario. In this case, Turtledove displaces the Jews as the dominant power in Palestine and allows the Arabs to rule. While Turtledove acknowledges on the one hand that a strong Muslim government would not automatically be better (in fact, he tacitly argues that Muslim Arab rule in Palestine would be unpleasant, describing public behavior codes as "obsessively puritanical" at one point), he also argues that fanaticism is rarely productive.
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"[[Les Mortes d'Arthur]]," an early Turtledove work, shares the "Israel no more" scenario and the presence of an organization called the [[Second Irgun (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|Second Irgun]] with ties to [[Buenos Aires (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|Buenos Aires]]. Turtledove has not stated that the two stories are set in the same continuity. If they are, "Next" would logically take place a few decades before "Mortes", due to the respective states of space travel in the two. The former seems to indicate that astronauts only occasionally travel as far as [[Mars]]; in in the latter, some of the Winter Olympic Games are regularly held on one of [[Saturn (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|Saturn's]] [[Mimas (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|moons]].
   
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Turtledove's "[[Occupation Duty]]" uses the "reversed [[Middle East]]" theme in an [[alternate history]] context (with the [[Point of Divergence]] rooted in the Iron Age), with the [[Philistinia]]ns (a geographic analog of Palestine) playing the role of Israel, and the [[Moabites]] (a geographic analog of Israel) playing the role of Palestine.
The "Israel no more" scenario and the presence of an organization called the [[Second Irgun]] with ties to [[Buenos Aires]], were also featured in Turtledove's much earlier work "[[Les Mortes d'Arthur]]". Turtledove has not stated that the two stories are set in the same continuity. If they are, "Next" would logically take place a few decades before "Mortes", due to the respective states of space travel in the two. The former seems to indicate that astronauts only occasionally travel as far as [[Mars]]; in in the latter, some of the [[Winter Olympic Games]] are regularly held on one of [[Saturn (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|Saturn's]] [[Mimas (Les Mortes d'Arthur)|moons]].
 
   
 
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Revision as of 09:13, 2 August 2020

"Next Year in Jerusalem"  
Imaginings
Author Harry Turtledove
First Appearance Imaginings
Publisher Pocket Books
Reprinted The Book of Exodi
Collected No
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Publication date 2003

"Next Year in Jerusalem", Imaginings, edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Pocket 2003, is a short story by Harry Turtledove. It was reprinted in The Book of Exodi, edited by Michael K. Eidson.

"Next Year in Jerusalem" is a science fiction piece depicting a future where the state of Israel was defeated by its neighbors after a century. Set in the mid 22nd century, the story depicts a series of terrorist attacks on Arab Palestine by members of the Second Irgun, an Israeli nationalist group made up of foreign born Jews. Despite the best efforts of Yakov and Miriam to incite an uprising, they succeed only in causing tragedy for the Jewish community when they kill its collaborationist local leader.

Literary Comment

In typical fashion, Turtledove examines pressing issues of today by creating an analogous scenario. In this case, Turtledove displaces the Jews as the dominant power in Palestine and allows the Arabs to rule. While Turtledove acknowledges on the one hand that a strong Muslim government would not automatically be better (in fact, he tacitly argues that Muslim Arab rule in Palestine would be unpleasant, describing public behavior codes as "obsessively puritanical" at one point), he also argues that fanaticism is rarely productive.

"Les Mortes d'Arthur," an early Turtledove work, shares the "Israel no more" scenario and the presence of an organization called the Second Irgun with ties to Buenos Aires. Turtledove has not stated that the two stories are set in the same continuity. If they are, "Next" would logically take place a few decades before "Mortes", due to the respective states of space travel in the two. The former seems to indicate that astronauts only occasionally travel as far as Mars; in in the latter, some of the Winter Olympic Games are regularly held on one of Saturn's moons.

Turtledove's "Occupation Duty" uses the "reversed Middle East" theme in an alternate history context (with the Point of Divergence rooted in the Iron Age), with the Philistinians (a geographic analog of Palestine) playing the role of Israel, and the Moabites (a geographic analog of Israel) playing the role of Palestine.