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2) The source
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An archeological excavation of Tell Makor initiates a journey into the ancient history and culture of Israel that explores the life of the early Hebrews, the impact of Christianity, the Spanish inquisition, and the modern Middle East conflict.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Language
English
Description
A modern classic, the most authoritative and readable history of the Jewish state ever published, is now extensively updated, providing readers with the full story of Israel from its early-19th-century ideological beginnings to the Lebanon war of 2006.
4) Exodus
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 41
Language
English
Description
Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury - the story of an American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
History of contemporary Jerusalem, looking at the political, cultural, and spiritual forces that have changed the city over the course of the twentieth century from a provincial outpost to a vibrant, flourishing capital of an independent nation.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Finalist for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in History, Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award" Michael Brenner is the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies and director of the Center for Israel Studies at American University and Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. His many books include A Short History of the Jews (Princeton).
A major new history of the century-long debate over...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Presenting a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic and political history of the state of Israel, a public intellectual sheds light on the past of this complex nation, one rife with conflict, so that readers can understand its future. --Publisher's description
"The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts' (The...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"... traces the course of the events of 1913 through the lives of a handful of Jerusalem's leading citizens as they struggle to save the city that had been the focus of the passions of so many different groups for centuries, a struggle that would have reverberations for generations to come"--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes.I call you "neighbor" because I dont know your name, or anything personal about you. Given our circumstances,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Israel is a modern country with a short history set into the lengthy story of Jewish history. A Brief History of Israel explores that history with an emphasis on the period since Israel's independence in 1948. It is a complex story of a people and their modern state, established thousands of years after the destruction of the old one. The story of the independent state Israel is narrated against a backdrop of exile, anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the...
Author
Publisher
Regency Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
There was a time when Israel could do no wrong in America's eyes. That time is long past, and justly so--no nation is absolutely perfect, particularly not one who is engaged in a conflict as long as the Arab-Israeli Conflict. But the myth of the perfect Israel has been supplanted by a far more deleterious myth: the myth of the evil Israel. This new myth has so pervaded contemporary culture that the history of Israel--as well documented as it is--has...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The story of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, which was conceived in Palestine during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders, and which eventually became the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel's vaunted intelligence agency"--
Publisher
Inception Media Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Take to the sky for a completely new view of the life of Jesus as we travel through his homeland and the sites of the Bible's most famous stories. Spectacular ariel photography captures the incredible landscapes from Nazareth to Jerusalem, while the locals who protect and care for Jesus' legacy explain the real settings behind the life story that changed the world." --Back cover.
Author
Series
Zion chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Ellie, a young American photojournalist in Jerusalem in 1947, becomes a pawn in a political chess game.
Author
Series
Zion chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
With Moshe and Rachel trapped behind the walls of the old city, British forces prepare to leave Palestine. David recruits help from America to join in the efforts of the Jewish Agency to arm its people against the Arab onslaught.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Cohen's own), and a passionate defense of Israel's legitimacy. Richard Cohen's book is part reportage, part memoir--an intimate journey through the history of Europe's Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel. A veteran, syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, Cohen began this journey as a skeptic, wondering in a national column whether the creation of a Jewish State was "a mistake."...