Gefen Publishing House - Böcker

A delightful and educational story for children, filled with beautiful colour illustrations.

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The full and fascinating history of this remarkable community, from its beginnings in the early part of the 14th century until its virtual destruction during the Holocaust. The book deals with the movements and personalities that played a role in ...

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A beautiful young American widow returns to Israel to locate the lover of her youth and the father of her child. This gripping romance explores kibbutz life and Jewish identity as the lovers bridge two continents and the struggles of a hostile son...

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Ari is on his way to Shofarville's animal talent fair when he meets a sad duck named Kippa who feels "just so ordinary". But Kippa soon makes a charming discovery that he and all of Hashem's creatures are "special".

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Not only was Alex Singer a great human being -- and though young, he was great -- he was also a gifted writer and artist. These letters, diary entries and drawings are quite simply riveting. Whether your interest is Israel, the development of a se...

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This splendidly festive book, with its pithy quotations, lucid explanations and colourful illustrations explains the history and flavourful culture of wine. So this year, before you lift your cup to celebrate, add some history, some fun and some c...

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Rebecca Shore has a permanent collection of posters at the Jewish Museum in New York and the Skirball and Simon Weisenthal Museums in Los Angeles.

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A rabbi, an arms smuggler, a collaborator and a spy, he has flirted with danger, been trailed and jailed, and broken his share of laws. Yet throughout his long and full life, Herb Friedman has always held steadfastly to his beliefs, his Judaism an...

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This book captures the excitement of Purim day as we share in the Megilla reading, preparation of shalach manot, and Shira's love for her special Queen Esther costume and gold crown. This is more than a Purim holiday story, it also reinforces the ...

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Leading Israeli, American, and European scholars address the world of Jewish art, archaeology and history. These fully illustrated essays constitute an important resource for collectors and scholars of Jewish art as well as for students of compara...

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The purpose of this book is to enable the Christian pilgrim and tourist to look up a Biblical site quickly in its alphabetical form, read the Biblical references, and travel to the sites throughout Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan.

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Tells the story of 1,564 Torahs stolen by Nazis from a synagogue in Czechoslovakia, rescued twenty years later, and placed in the hands of people who love them.

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Gangsters dealt with in this book include Louis Lepke Buchalter, Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer, Meyer The Little Man Lansky, Chalie King Solomon, Max Boo Boo Hoff and Abner Longy Zwillman.

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This is a compelling and moving account of life in Israel today. In a series of essays, author and Jerusalem resident Judy Lash Balint travels to the very heart of Israel. From embattled Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, to the home of the gri...

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Although Israel is a small country, it possesses a unique diversity of nearly one hundred species of mammals unlike anywhere else in the world. This is the first comprehensive book to describe and illustrate in color all the species and races of m...

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Following a pilot study, and after consulting with researchers, it became clear that there was no substantive record of the Lithuanian Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. After five years of research, a comprehensive list of the names of ...

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This book demonstrates how Judaism is more than a series of prayers and customs. How it can seep into every aspect of life and provide a richness and intensity in the most unlikely ways -- in reading a book, seeing a movie, buying a car or casting...

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It is a little known fact that there have been more than fifty prominent Jewish Messiahs'. These characters, though unrenowned today, inspired messianic fervour that at times seized the whole Jewish, Christian, Muslim and even secular worlds. The ...

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The Bedouin scouts are the largely-unsung heroes of the Jewish state. The Scout is based on the true story of the legendary Salim Saadi, tracing his extraordinary life, and his daring exploits serving in the Israeli army, as well as providing a br...

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This detailed book begins with the period immediately following the death of the father of Zionism, Theodore Herzl. Rape of Palestine covers and explores fluctuations and changes in policy during the 20th Century and the consequences.

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He came penniless to the United States after surviving the Holocaust Hart Hasten rose to the top levels of finance and industry. He became an integral part of his community at large, not only giving of his wealth but also his time and knowledge. H...

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During the Six Day War, Israel recaptured Gush Etzion, after it was in the hands of the Arabs since 1948. At the time, Moshe Moscovic, a charismatic and devoted Zionist leader, predicted that the Gush will transform into a center of Jewish learnin...

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The situation the Matzav as it really is. Television audiences might be forgiven for believing that the nightly news presents the whole picture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The broadcasts are by now familiar. A blown out Israeli bus, charr...

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"Columbia is lost; there are no survivors" -- President George W Bush, 1 February 2003. Ramon's life stands as a beacon to those who despair of triumph in a difficult world. This book, whose creation began before the shuttle lifted off i...

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Whenever the name of Menachem Begin is mentioned, people of all ages and persuasions respond in the same way: "We need him now". "What is it that we need"; what is missing? Perhaps Menachem Begin's most important and unique con...

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If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don't persecute him -- you help him. Having such a person indebted to you is a great insurance policy. There was one nation that did treat the Jews as if they were powerful and rich...

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Join characters like Bernhard in that split second when he says goodby to his eight-year-old son, sending him off to freedom on a train. Escape near death in the icy waters of Hungary and hide from SS Officers on a blistering winter s eve in deep ...

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One spring morning in the ghetto, my mother, sisters, and I went down the steps into the cellar. Mother was holding a long tube, which she had filled with the few pieces of jewelry she still had from her wedding. She looked at us, her daughters, a...

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This is a story of history, tragedy, and heroism that will captivate and move readers of all ages. The author, born in Puitusk (some fifty kilometres from Warsaw), skilfully and honestly tells of the painful dramas in which he was involved in his ...

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