Israel category: 987 books
Lesereise Israel
Party, Zwist und Klagemauer
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Israel, die Wiege der drei monotheistischen Religionen, ist nicht bloß einer der unruhigsten Orte der Welt, sondern auch ein lebendiger, jugendlicher Mikrokosmos, in dem Moderne und Tradition, Abendland und Morgenland mit- und nebeneinander bestehen.Ein arabischer Siedler, humorvolle ultraorthodoxe...
Raquela
A Woman of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A National Jewish Book Award–winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel’s statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.
During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the...
Israel Journal
June, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
An honest and stark account of life on the battlefield during the Six-Day War
When the historic Six-Day War breaks out in June 1967, Yaël Dayan finds herself on the front lines in the Sinai desert, fighting for her country. Dayan, a journalist, an author, and the daughter of the renowned Israeli...
The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi
My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God’s Word and a deeper knowledge of God Himself. But it wasn’t until she began studying the biblical texts in their original Hebrew and Greek—along with actually hiking the ancient paths of Israel—that...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Jerusalem (Israel) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
The Israelis
Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land (Updated in 2008)
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Israel is smaller than New Jersey, with 0.11% of the world's population, yet captures a lion's share of headlines. It looks like one country on CNN, a very different one on al-Jazeera. The BBC has their version, The New York Times theirs. But how does Israel look to Israelis? The answers are varied,...
A History of Israel
From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
First published in 1976, Howard M. Sachar’s A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time was regarded one of the most valuable works available detailing the history of this still relatively young country. More than 30 years later, readers can again be immersed in this monumental work....
The War Within
Israel's Ultra-Orthodox
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
For many Israelis, it is the internecine conflict with the ultra-orthodox Haredim that impacts their lives the most. The majority of Haredim -- raised with an intense focus on religion at the expense of all else -- are unemployable in a modern economy. Many choose to pursue religious studies, which...
Memories After My Death
The Story of My Father, Joseph "Tommy" Lapid
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
From leading political figure and bestselling Hebrew author Yair Lapid comes a mesmerizing portrait of the author's father, one of modern Israel's leading figures.
Memories After My Death is the astonishing true story of Tommy Lapid, a well-loved and controversial Israeli figure who saw the...
Scars of War, Wounds of Peace
The Israeli-Arab Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2006
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami was a key figure in the Camp David negotiations and many other rounds of peace talks, public and secret, with Palestinian and Arab officials. Here he offers an unflinching account of the Arab-Israeli conflict, informed by his firsthand knowledge of the...
Israel's Wars
A History Since 1947
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country which, since its foundation, has endured almost constant violence. Bringing its coverage up to date with recent conflicts, this fourth edition includes a new chapter on the Gaza wars from 2007-2014,...
The Lion's Gate
On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
“A brilliant look into the psyche of combat. Where he once took us into the Spartan line of battle at Thermopylae, Steven Pressfield now takes us into the sands of the Sinai, the alleys of Old Jerusalem, and into the hearts and souls of soldiers winning a spectacularly improbable victory against...
Israeli Holocaust Research
Birth and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
An exploration of the development of Holocaust research in Israel, this book ranges from the consolidation of Holocaust research as an academic subject in the late 1940s to the establishment of Yad Vashem and beyond.
Research on the story of historiography is often a work on books, on the "final...
Shell Shocked
On the Ground Under Israels Gaza Assault
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Operation Protective Edge, launched in early July 2014, was the third major Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in six years. It was also the most deadly. By the conclusion of hostilities some seven weeks later, 2,200 of Gaza’s population had been killed, and more than 10,000 injured.
In these...