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Jonathan Garfinkel can't make up his mind - about his relationship, Judaism, or Israel. After hearing about a house in Jerusalem shared by a Palestinian and a Jew, he decides to travel to Israel and the West Bank to witness this unlikely co-habitation for himself. Along the way he meets the people behind the headlines, from secret assignations with Palestinian activists and an uninvited visit to a refugee camp to Passover with Orthodox Jews.

Rife with riotous, sometimes surreal comedy, as well as tragic misunderstandings, Ambivalence brings to light the complexities of real life as opposed to the religious or political ideal, and offers a vivid and challenging portrait of life in Israel and Palestine.

Jonathan Garfinkel is the author of the book of poetry Glass Psalms and the plays Walking to Russia and The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret. His most recent play, The House of Many Tongues, is about a divided house in Jerusalem, and will be produced in Tel Aviv and Toronto. His work has been translated into six languages. Ambivalence is his first work of prose. Jonathan lives in Toronto, Canada.