BE'ER, HAIM

(b. 1945)

   Israeli poet and novelist. He served in the chaplaincy corps of the Israeli army. He published poems and short stories from an early age. His collection of poems Shashuim Yom-Yom (Day to Day Delights) portrays a religious upbringing in Jerusalem in the early years of the State of Israel. His novel Notzot (Feathers) depicts the memories of an Orthodox boy from Jerusalem who, as a soldier, served in a burial unit at the Suez Canal. Et Hazamir (The Time of Trimming) is a political satire about the religious nationalist movement.