Best-selling author Saul Singer didn’t know how profound his research for his latest book with Dan Senor, “The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Troubled World,” would be until after Oct. 7. The book hit the U.S. market on Nov. 7, a month after Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel.
Senor and Singer also co-wrote “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle,” but this time, instead of concentrating on Israel’s technology, they focused on its people.
In researching his book, Singer discovered that Israel is a “young” nation with the median age being 29; it has the lowest rate of “deaths of despair” (deaths by suicide or alcohol and drug abuse); and, according to the 2024 World Happiness report, is the fifth happiest country in the world.
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