Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman Jerusalem, with a recorded history of some 4,000 years, has been more familiar to more people for a longer period than any other place on...

Martin Gilbert  This unique Atlas traces the history of Jerusalem from biblical times to the present day. Each map is illustrated by a facing page of prints or photographs, to...

Martin Gilbert This unique Atlas traces the history of Jerusalem from biblical times to the present day. Each map is illustrated by a facing page of prints or photographs, to...

Karen Armstrong Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered...

Simon Sebag Montefiore   Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day...

Motti Indari Examines radical and messianic movements in Israel seeking to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.The Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem, is the most sacred site in Judaism and...

Naomi Pasachoff and Robert J LittmanHow does this Jewish history book differ from all others? Instead of burdening the reader with endless details about every single aspect of Jewish history,...

JJ Goldberg Widely acclaimed in both the mainstream and Jewish press, Jewish Power by J.J. Goldberg offers an engaging and provocative portrait of the people, institutions, and ideas that make...

Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger   A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history,...

Amos OzShmuel – a young, idealistic student – has abandoned his studies in Jerusalem, taking a live-in job as a companion to a cantankerous old man. But Shmuel quickly becomes...

Paul McGeough “Meticulously researched  . . . This is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9/11 era” ( Publishers Weekly ). “Providing a fly-on-the-wall...

Kenneth G Holum   Caesarea is one of the richest archaeological sites in Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, this urban center was a port of great vitality that survived...