Jerry Cantor was born in Boston, USA.

He served in the US Navy during World

War II. Has been a member of Kibbutz

Mishmar Haemek since1951 He has

worked as a dairyman, a shepherd and

factory worker. He was for many years

publication manager for large hightech

firms in the defense industry and later founded the

translation branch of the kibbutz.

The stories in this book, The Magic of Moonlight, describe

the lives of complex and simple people who devoted their

lives to building a new world. Despite the strict ideology

they followed, each of them has met and dealt with his

very human problems in his own unique way.