Right-Hand Man; The Biography of Yehiel Kadishai, Chief of Staff and Confidant of Menachem Begin
Jerusalem, Israel: Gefen Publishing House, 2016. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 333, [3] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Index. This work was the winner of the Jabotinsky Prize 2015. Menachem Michelson is a journalist on the Israeli daily newspaper, Yedioth Aharonoth. He has been working on a major biography of Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum. In 1964, Kadishai became secretary of the Herut movement, which eventually formally merged in to the Likud. In 1977, he became chief of staff in the newly elected Likud government under Begin. While he retired from political life six years later, Kadishai remained close with Begin until the former Prime Minister’s death in 1992. More