Yael Raviv When people discuss food in Israel, their debates ask politically charged Who has the right to falafel? Whose hummus is better? But Yael Raviv’s Falafel Nation moves beyond...

Nora Gold Judith is a young woman who lived in Israel for a decade, was a peace activist there, and defines herself as "left-wing," yet in graduate school she discovers...

Benjamin NetanyahuFighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International TerroristsIn this innovative and concise work, Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding and fighting the increase...

Amos Oz “Astonishing . . . galvanic and intoxicating.” — The New YorkerFima lives in Jerusalem, but feels he ought to be somewhere else. In his life he has had...

Yonit Oved At 28 and with nothing in the foreseeable future to end her mundane routine, Emma Jones funds herself wondering. And just as she begins to fear that nothing...

Footloose in Jerusalem: Eight guided walking tours illustrated with maps and nineteenth century engravings Sarah Kaminker January 1, 1988 by Crown Publishers

Aharon AppelfeldIn For Every Sin, Aharon Appelfeld, recounts the moving and unforgettable story of Theo, a young Holocaust survivor struggling to come to terms with his experience. A student when...

Pamela PeledForty-something year old Jennifer Moran spends a lot of time on the couch, eating chocolate. Widowed at an early age, she has brought up her daughter and taught a...

Nicole Krauss JULES EPSTEIN IS UNDERGOING A TRANSFORMATIONIt began in the wake of his parents' death, when he divorced his wife of over thirty-five years, retired from his legal firm,...

Puah ShteinerThe poignant, autobiographical story of the fall and evacuation of the Jewish Quarter, as witnessed through the eyes of a young girl. With maps. First published January 1, 1987...

Dean KoontzOdd Thomas never asked to communicate with the dead - they sought him out. As the unofficial goodwill ambassador between our world and theirs, he has a duty to...

Patrick Tyler "Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. "They carry the military identity for life, not...