books

New W credit card: Two percent off on every expense: Golf, Sonol, and Steimatzky

New W credit card offers permanent discounts in membership groups, supermarket chains, and more. First 6 months no fees, then NIS 15.90. Save on everyday expenses.

By MEITAL SHARABI
10/09/2024
 The Stutthof concentration camp barracks after liberation in 1945.

'Final Verdict': A valuable account of an unusual Holocaust trial

Final Verdict is an extremely valuable book, which deserves wide circulation not only in Germany but throughout the Western world.

'A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism': How to fight the world's longest hatred

In this hostile context, the updated version of A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism by Israel B. Bitton is a welcome addition to educate the public, particularly Jewish students.

By FRANCOISE OUZAN
09/09/2024

'Existential War': Documenting Israel's history of warfare and survival

Ari Shavit warns that Israel needs to act quickly and decisively to rebuild the IDF, as Israel cannot win this existential war without a national strategy that most of the nation trusts.

By SHOSHANA TITA
09/09/2024

'Israel/Palestine in World Religions': Exploring secular, theological claims to the Holy Land

This book will help Jews, Christians, and Muslims around the world to better understand their religion’s claim to the land, as well as the claim of their co-monotheistic religions.

By RABBI RON KRONISH
09/09/2024
  A collage of photos from the Israel-Hamas War in 2023.

'The October 7 War': A powerful firsthand account of Israel’s war against Hamas

Seth Frantzman’s book is essential for all Middle East experts and those concerned about the fate of the Jewish state and US-Israel relations.

 A TATTERED Israeli flag flies in Kfar Aza, one of the kibbutzim attacked by Hamas.

Excerpt from ‘The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza’

This book was written to give the reader an account from the ground, weaving my own experiences with soldiers and Israeli civilians into the story.

  President Chaim Weizmann

'Chaim Weizmann: A Biography': A revealing look at the life of Israel's first president

The facts of Weizmann’s life, fascinating though they are, yield in interest to the authors’ examination of his quite extraordinary personality and the powerful effect it exercised.

'A Brilliant Life': An inspirational story of Holocaust survival

Unreich doesn’t stint on the details of her mother’s harrowing recollections from her tortured concentration camp existence. 

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
30/08/2024

This year’s High Holiday kids’ books are a celebration of Jewish diversity

Here’s your roundup of new children’s High Holidays books for 2024.

By PENNY SCHWART/ JTA
30/08/2024
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