Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
By: Matti Friedman
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur…
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1. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
By: Daniel Gordis
4.31
Format: 560 pages, ebook
Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the … read more
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2. This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
By: Alan Lew
3.80
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
There are moments in life when one is caught utterly unprepared. Drawing on both his rabbinical tra… read more
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3. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
By: Sylvie Simmons
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Leonard Cohen, one of the most important and influential artists of our era, is a man of powerful e… read more
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4. The Case for Israel
By: Alan M. Dershowitz
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The Case for Israel is an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence. Pr… read more
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5. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
By: Dara Horn
4.36
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
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"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
6. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
By: Noa Tishby
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more
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"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
7. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
By: Sharon Brous
4.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more
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8. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
9. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
10. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more
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- nonfiction
11. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
12. Eternal Life
By: Dara Horn
3.80
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles—widowhood, a failing business,… read more
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"That's the problem. We don't grow. We're like an old book, full of stories and also full of errors, and no one can completely understand us, even though many people try. But the problem is that we do…"-Dara Horn, Eternal Life
"She didn’t know exactly when she had first felt the sensation of regret. It was a physical sensation, a shudder that began deep in the stomach and traveled up through the throat; it was distinct from…"-Dara Horn, Eternal Life
13. Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
By: Micah Goodman
4.27
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fr… read more
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- nonfiction
14. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
By: Yossi Klein Halevi
4.12
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentato… read more
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- israel
- jewish
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"Sometimes, in political arguments with Palestinians, I would be told: Why are we arguing about who owns the land, when in the end the land will own us both?"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"The notion of a people chosen by God wasn't intended to bestow privilege but responsibility. Jewish history attests that this role carries more burden than glory. The classical way Jews understood th…"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"We are trapped, you and I, in a seemingly hopeless cycle. Not a "cycle of violence" -- a lazy formulation that tells us nothing about why our conflict exists, let alone how to end it. Instead, we're …"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
15. The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
By: Dan Senor
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since it… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
By: Matti Friedman
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur… read more
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- nonfiction
17. The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
By: Adi Schwartz
4.41
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to e… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Golem of Brooklyn
By: Adam Mansbach
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more
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20. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family … read more
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21. The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land
By: Omer Friedlander
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
he Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land announces the arrival of a natural-born storyteller of immense… read more
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