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  • To Come to the Land

    Immigration and Settlement in 16th-Century Eretz-Israel

    by Abraham David ...
    Translated by Dena Ordan ...
    Series series Judaic Studies Series
    To Come to the Land makes available in English a vast body of research,previously available only in Hebrew, on the early history of the land nowknown as Israel.Abraham David here focuses on the Spanish and Portuguese Jews who fledthe Iberian Peninsula during the 16th century, tracing the beginnings ofSephardic influence in the land of Israel.After the Ottoman Turks conquered Syria, Palestine, and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • The Jews: Story of a People

    Story of a People

    by Howard Fast ...
    A vivid and eminently readable story of Jewish history covering 4,000 years, and including extensive illustrations and historical photographsHoward Fast, the bestselling author of Spartacus, tells the sweeping story of the Jewish people and Judaism over four millennia, from their nomadic beginnings and the rise of Moses, to the kings David and Solomon, through the Diaspora and the unthinkable ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Israel

    A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

    by Daniel Gordis ...
    Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year AwardThe first comprehensive yet accessible political history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem.In the landscape of Middle East history, Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world’s attention, aroused its ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • The Lion's Gate

    On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

    “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 daunting odds.”—General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, ret.; author of My Share of the TaskJune 5, 1967 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Gatekeepers

    Inside Israel's Internal Security Agency

    Translated by Yael Schonfeld Abel ...
    The companion to the Oscar-nominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside Israel’s security establishment.Imagine the following situation: You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of Israel’s major cities, each one to a different city, to set off an explosion in the most crowded centers of population. How far would you go to stop the attack? How ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A History of Israel

    From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time

    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. Decades later, readers can again be immersed in this monumental work.The second edition of this volume covers topics such as the first of the Aliyahs in the 1880s; the rise of Jewish ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Revolt

    The Story of the Irgun

    Menachem Begin was run out of Poland by the Nazis, imprisoned by the Soviets, hunted by the British and nearly murdered by the Jews. To have survived would have been impressive enough. To have flourished- Begin led the first Jewish nationalist revolution in nearly 2,000 years and signed the first peace treaty in Israeli history- ranks as something of a miracle” -Sidney Zion, 1983 Menachem Begin  ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Israel Journal

    June, 1967

    by Yaël Dayan ...
    An honest and stark account of life on the battlefield during the Six-Day WarWhen 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 general Moshe Dayan, a key military leader in Israel's War of Independence two decades earlier, offers a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    What the Headlines Haven't Told You

    Michael Rydelnik, professor of Jewish studies at Moody Bible Institute, goes beyond the media images for an in depth, biblically grounded look at the "crisis that never ends"--the conflict between the Israelis and the Arabs. Dr. Rydelnik explores such questions as:Will the violence ever stop?Who really has a right to the land?How did it all start...and where will it all end?This revised and ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Reckoning

    Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land

    One of Britain's most renowned military historians revisits a controversial murder: that of Zionist leader Avraham Stern, head of Israel's notorious Stern Gang, in Tel Aviv during WWII.Militant Zionist Avraham Stern believed he was destined to be the Jewish liberator of British Palestine. As the ringleader of the infamous Stern Gang, also known as Lehi, he masterminded a series of high-profile ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Man Who Fell Into a Puddle

    Israeli Lives

    by Igal Sarna ...
    "Throughout my life as a journalist," writes Igal Sarna in his preface, "I have written about Israeli traumas and have seen how new lives are built on the ruins. How a new land sprouts out from a charred ground zero." In this striking collection of essays, Sarna taps his powers as an acclaimed investigative journalist to uncover the fascinating, wrenching experiences of Israeli men and women ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Edge of the Sword: Israel’s War of Independence 1947-1949

    by Netanel Lorch ...
    Netanel Lorch, who fought as an officer in Jerusalem during Israel’s War of Independence and later founded the Israel Defense Forces’ Historical Section, offers a detailed military history of the years 1947-49. The book begins with the tensions of the British Mandate period in Palestine, including the international debates over proposed boundaries for the new Jewish state, and examines the chaos ... Read more

    $9.99 USD