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Looking for a good book on Israel? The modern State of Israel came into existence in 1948. Despite the wildest
claims of the anti-Semites these days
(and they're
getting wilder all the time), in the entire history of the Land
of Israel, only one people ever made it their national home - the Jews.
Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, British and others came and went.
Even in exile, only the Jews have ever prayed, and still pray, toward Jerusalem.
Modern Zionism really just put that yearning for the
homeland into action.
Israel is an exhilarating country. It is a Jewish country, and yet the only
democracy in the middle east. Ancient stones and modern skyscrapers are not only
in the same city, but often right next to each other.
Many of the books on Israel focus on its political and military history.
You'll find plenty of good books on these subjects below, as well as books on
other aspects of Israeli life - like
stamp collecting, a
spiritual guidebook for Jewish tourists in Israel, and spectacular
photos of Israel. If you're looking for books on ancient Israel, also try
our Biblical
Archaeology and Ancient Israel page. And if you want news from Israel, why
not try the
Jerusalem Post or the
Jerusalem Report?
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle
East |
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of
the Modern Middle East |
Warrior: The Autobiography of Ariel Sharon |
A Short History of Jerusalem |
The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third
Reich and Jewish Palestine |
The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force |
The Two O'Clock War |
The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple
Mount |
Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Zionist Leader |
The Forgotten Millions: The Modern Jewish Exodus from Arab
Lands |
Divided Jerusalem: The Struggle for the Holy City |
Spectacular Israel |
From Falasha to Freedom: An Ethiopian Jew's Journey to Jerusalem |
From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in
Palestine, 1917-1939 (America-Holy Land Monographs) |
The Secret War Against the Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish
People |
Irreconcilable Differences?: The Waning of the American
Jewish Love Affair With Israel (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History,
Culture, and Life) |
Israelis and the Jewish Tradition: An Ancient People Debating
Its Future (Terry Lectures) |
Israel's Wars, 1947-1993
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Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Tauber Institute for the Study of
European Jewry Series) |
Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century |
Next Year I Will Know More: Literacy and Identity Among Young Orthodox Women
in Israel (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) |
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
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Raquela
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State of Israel, Diaspora, and Jewish Continuity: Essays on the 'Ever-Dying
People' (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series, 26) |
The Black Jews of Ethiopia |
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The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus: Narratives of the Journey (Memory and
Narrative) |
The Forgotten Millions: The Modern Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands |
The Imaginary Voyage: With Theodor Herzl in Israel |
The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul |
The Jewish State: A Century Later, Updated With a New Preface
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The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky: Selected Writings |
A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time |
A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey: Visions of Israel from Biblical to
Modern Times (Studies in Jewish Civilization Series) |
A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations |
Zionism and the Arabs, 1882-1948: A Study of Ideology |
The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation, and World War
II |
The Rabin Memoirs |
Beyond Survival and Philanthropy: American Jewry and Israel |
If a Place Can Make You Cry: Dispatches from an Anxious
State |
Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict |
Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel |
A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in
Israel |
The Changing Land: Between the Jordan and the Sea: Aerial
Photographs from 1917 to the Present |
Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism
and Democracy |
Between Zionism and Judaism: The Radical Circle in Brith Shalom 1925-1933
(Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, 23) |
The Jewish State |
Israel: A History |
Dreaming Gardens: Landscape Architecture and the Making of Modern
Israel |
Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence
Services |
Chariots of the Desert: The Story of the Israeli Armoured
Corps |
Israel: Splendors of the Holy Land |
Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of
Israel |
A Separate People: Jewish Women in Palestine, Syria and Egypt in the
Sixteenth Century (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 26) |
Border Crossings: American Interactions With Israelis |
Passport Israel: Your Pocket Guide to Israeli Business, Customs
& Etiquette |
Divergent Jewish Cultures: Israel and America |
A Walker in Jerusalem |
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British
Mandate |
Fodor's Israel |
O Jerusalem |
Israel's Southern Landscapes: Your Guide to Eilat and the
Negev |
The War of Atonement |
The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East |
Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of Israel Stamps: Listings
1948-1999 (Global Stamp Series) |
To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account |
Israel: A Photobiography |
Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews
(American Jewish Civilization Series) |
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
Tel Aviv |
The Pledge |
Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century |
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict |
Liberal Nationalism for Israel: Towards an Israeli National
Identity |
Locked Doors: The Seizure of Jewish Property in Arab
Countries |
The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East
Conflict |
Coming Home to Jerusalem: A Personal Journey |
Cast A Giant Shadow: The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save
Jerusalem |
Frommer's Israel (3rd Ed) |
Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion for the Modern
Jewish Pilgrim |
With Eyes Toward Zion--II: Themes and Sources in the Archives of
the United States, Great Britain, Turkey and Israel |
Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yitzhak Rabin: 1922-1995 |
Arab-Israeli Air Wars 1947-1982 (Osprey Combat Aircraft
23) |
The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leader's War On the Golan |
The Boats of Cherbourg |
The Quest For the Red Prince |
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