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Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929
In late summer 1929, a countrywide outbreak of Arab-Jewish-British violence transformed the political landscape of Palestine forever. In contrast with those who point to the wars …
The Yellow Wind: With a New Afterword by the Author
David Grossman's The Yellow Wind is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Israel today. The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of …
The Legend of Safed
In 1908, Solomon Schechter-discoverer of the Cairo Geniza and one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America-published his groundbreaking essay on the city of …
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and …
Space and Time under Persecution
A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron. In Space and Time under Persecution, Guy Miron considers …
A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion
2019 National Jewish Book Award Finalist A] fascinating biography . . . a masterly portrait of a titanic yet unfulfilled man . . . this is a gripping study of power, and the …
Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel
A personal journey into the world of the Arab citizens living in Israel depicts the painful dilemma of a people being torn between conflicting identities as they are shunned by …
Navigating Perilous Waters
Israel is a Jewish state in a Muslim Middle East. How can it survive in that region? This book answers this question by analyzing the dangers and threats that Israel faces today. …
UNSCOP and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), constituted by the United Nations General Assembly in …
Young Tel Aviv
Practical Zionism in the Mandate era (1920-1948) is usually associated with agricultural settlements (kibbutzim), organized socialist workers, and the creation of a formal high …
Hakibbutz Ha’artzi, Mapam, and the Demise of the Israeli Labor Movement
Israel’s 1977 political election resulted in a dramatic defeat for the ruling Labor movement, which had enjoyed more than four decades of economic, political, and cultural …