| By: Allis Radosh, Ronald Radosh
Price: $27.99 $25.19 ISBN: 9780060594633
On May 14, 1948, under the stewardship of President Harry S. Truman,
the United States became the first nation to recognize the State of
Israel—just moments after sovereignty had been declared in Jerusalem.
But it was hardly a foregone conclusion that America would welcome the
creation of... Read More
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| By: Simcha Raz
Price: $35.00 $31.50 ISBN: 9657108535
"...a
valuable and informative work. There is so much about Rav Kook that is
misunderstood and misportrayed in the Jewish world, that a book that
portrays him accurately is invaluable and necessary. This is such a
book."Rabbi Berel Wein Read More
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| By: Efraim Karsh
Price: $13.99 $12.59 ISBN: 9780802141583
Middle East scholar Karsh (Fabricating Israeli History) makes a lively
case that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat never intended to fulfill any
of his peace commitments, and has in fact "used `peace' as a strategic
deception aimed at promoting the eternal goal of Israel's destruction."
After... Read More
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| By: Joan Peters
Price: $21.99 $19.79 ISBN: 9780963624208
his monumental and fascinating book, the product of seven years of
original research, will forever change the terms of the debate about
the conflicting claims of the Arabs and the Jews in the Middle East.
The weight of the comprehensive evidence found and brilliantly analyzed
by historian... Read More
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| By: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Price: $8.99 $7.19 ISBN: 1879016125
What is Jerusalem's significance, and why is it the most important place on Earth? Why is it the only city mentioned in our prayers? What is the source of its holiness? Why can the temple be located only on this one spot? This deep and revealing book contains the answers to these questions and... Read More
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| By: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Price: $39.99 $31.99 ISBN: 9780899065885
Let’s go
back through the centuries, from the days of King David until
yesterday’s headlines. Let’s walk the streets and visit the sites of
Jerusalem. Let’s soak up the holiness and absorb the memories.
The
camera was not there when King David made Jerusalem his capital, but
many... Read More
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| By: Hershel Shanks
Price: $39.95 $35.96 ISBN: 9780826428844
According to the Hebrew Bible, King Solomon built a Temple to the Lord
in Jerusalem on a threshing floor that his father, King David,
purchased from Araunah the Jebusite for 50 shekels of silver. "No other
building of the ancient world," claims the Anchor Bible Dictionary,
"either while it... Read More
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| By: Sarah Teleshevsky
Price: $35.00 $31.50 ISBN: 9780688085063
How did the Ten Lost Tribes become lost ?
Are circumcisions performed on the Sabbath ?
Which country first granted Jews equal rights ?
When was polygamy outlawed for Jews ?
Why does Jewish law compare gossiping to murder ?
You'll
find the answers to these... Read More
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| By: Shimon Apisdorf
Price: $9.95 $8.96 ISBN: 1881927253
If you have questions like...
What was the Oslo peace process really all about?
What's the story with the Palestinian refugees?
Why is Israel so important to Jews anyway?
How did the Middle East mess begin in the first place?
...then this book is exactly what you need.
With this book,... Read More
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| By: Miri Tzachi
Price: $13.46 ISBN: 0976694646
Miri Tzachi, a staff photographer for the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon,
captures for us with her camera lens hundreds of photos of the Katif
debacle: the beauty of the land and its people, the demonstrations, the
expulsion and the ultimate destruction. Her photos are poignant,
touching, and... Read More
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| By: Amnon Yona
Price: $21.95 $19.76 ISBN: 1932687645
Amnon Yona was a leading player in the clandestine operations
that led to the creation of The State of Israel, including the
sinking of the Lino and the pirating of its armaments to Israel,
acts which significantly altered the course of the War of Independence.
At the same time, Amon was... Read More
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| By: Zvi Aharoni, Wilhelm Dietl
Price: $22.95 $20.66 ISBN: 0471193771
On May 24, 1960, David Ben-Gurion, prime minister and founder of Israel, stood before the Knesset and made a startling announcement: "I have to inform the Knesset that, some time ago, Israeli security forces found one of the greatest Nazi criminals, Adolf Eichmann, who, together with other... Read More
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| By: Ms. Libby Kahane
Price: $39.99 $35.99
Rabbi Meir Kahane was born in New York City in 1932. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, receiving rabbinic ordination in 1956. That same year, he completed his law studies at New York Law School, and he subsequently received a master’s degree in international law from New York University.... Read More
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| By: Michael B. Oren
Price: $17.95 $16.16 ISBN: 9780345461926
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli
war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this
region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the
ongoing "intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of
fighting. Michael B.... Read More
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| By: Aaron J. Klein
Price: $14.95 $13.46 ISBN: 9780812974638
Award-winning journalist Aaron J. Klein tells, for the first time, the
complete story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the Israeli
counterterrorism operation it spawned. With unprecedented access to
Mossad agents and an unparalleled knowledge of Israeli intelligence,
Klein peels back... Read More
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| By: Michael Karpin
Price: $15.00 $13.50 ISBN: 9780743265959
As Iran continues to develop its nuclear program and explicitly
denounces Israel, Michael Karpin's "The Bomb in the Basement" provides
important context for the ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
After
Israel won its war of independence in 1948, founding prime minister
David Ben-Gurion... Read More
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| By: Alan Dershowitz
Price: $12.95 $11.66 ISBN: 9780471679523
The Case for Israel is an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported
by indisputable evidence. Presents a passionate look at what Israel's
accusers and detractors are saying about this war-torn country.
Dershowitz accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and
backs up his... Read More
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| By: Howard Blum
Price: $13.95 $12.56 ISBN: 9780060014001
A page-turning, headline-making narrative on the Yom Kippur War
that is, all at once, a war drama, a political history, as well as an
espionage story.
The Yom Kippur War is a turning point in the history of the Middle East
-- and a conflict that continues to influence and shape Israeli -... Read More
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Price: $25.95 $14.99 ISBN: 978-0553804904
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In this extraordinary account of 20 years on the front lines of Arab-Israeli peacemaking, career diplomat Miller provides an impressively candid appraisal of Middle East peace efforts. Drawing from his extensive experience and 160 interviews with... Read More
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| By: Bethe Schoenfeld
Price: $21.95 $19.76 ISBN: 9781934440100
The people who are interviewed in this book live on Kibbutz Gesher
Haziv in the Western Galilee of Israel, as does the author. This
kibbutz is just a few kilometers south of the Lebanese border. There
is a beautiful beach not far away, and the valley around the kibbutz
holds fields of wheat... Read More
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