Israel Books

One doesn't have to run for office or be a millionaire to show their support for Israel. "101+ Ways to Help Israel: A Guide to Doing Small Things That Can Make Big Differences" is a complete and comprehensive listing of countless things one could do to support this cause. With ideas for readers to help Israel through things so simple that even a child can do them, and packed full of appendices for easy reference, "101+ Ways to Help Israel: A Guide to Doing Small Things That Can Make Big Differences" is a must for any Israel supporter, no matter how dedicated. Highly recommended for community library Judaic Studies collections.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I have spent hours going through this historical catalog. This reproduction shows what was being sold and used in 1897 and from a sociological standpoint, the desires and needs of the people of the time only differ from the present with improved technology. Oddly the list of items and the index could be taken from any contemporary Sears catalog but the photo engravings of the period items are a valuable reference to any antique collector for whom I highly recommend this book!

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the continuing US-Iraqi confrontation, the changing political dynamics in Iran, recent Pakistani-Indian hostilities, and Osama bin Laden - all of these have one important common denominator: significant strands of their origins can be traced to the tumultuous year of 1979. This books offers a new paradigm for studying modern Middle East history by arguing that the year 1979 is perhaps the most important watershed in the post-WWII Middle East. In that year alone, the Middle East witnessed the culmination of the Iranian revolution, the conclusion of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, all having long-term repercussions that are abundantly present to this day in Middle East society and politics, and in the relations between the Middle East and the United States.

I love the unique photogrpahy of faces in Israeli society today.

The late Pim Fortuyn of Holland was no more an extremist than any other defender of Western democratic and civilized values. He was not anti-semitic, he supported tolerance and he was against Islamic terror, intolerance and barbarism. He was openly [...] and proud of it, he naturally saw islam as THE threat against the openness of Western societies, and ever more active and hate-filled Muslims in western countries as an increasing threat - growing by each day.


Islam, as given in the Quran, wishes to make all territories that have a large muslim minority - or better yet majority - part of the Ummah - the Islamic continuum that is ruled by Shariah, in which non-Muslims either obey, or die. You doubt my words? Look at how all Arabic and Muslim states work, not a single democracy, and Christians, Jews and other faiths are constantly being attacked and persecuted. DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO LIVE THAT WAY?
Pim Fortuyn was also a great friend of Israel , which is a mark of moral distinction in my book. I believe that one's attitude to Israel is the defining moral issue. Those who are friendly to Israel are good and those hostile to Israel are evil!
In this book Fortuyn outlines the case for Israel and how she has been unjustly persecuted and assailed by the Arab and Moslem world.
Pim Fortuyn was brutally murdered in May , 2002 by a Communist gunman who was sympathetic to Moslem terrorists (the unholy alliance of the far left and Islamic extremists is the greatest threat to a civilized world today.)
Fortuyn's foul murder was preceded by his demonization by the Left in the Netherlands.

Here are some of the late 20th centuries greatest political leaders who where murdered by the Marxist-Islamic Axis of Evil:

Joseph Colombo Snr Italian community leader and leader of Italian-American Civil Rights League, was shot and put into a coma by a Black extremist terrorist at an Italian Unity Day rally in Columbus Circle onJune 28, 1971, died after seven years of living in a vegetative state in 1978.

Emperor Haile Sellasie : Emperor of Ethiopia. Deposed by the Marxist Dergue in 1974 and murdered by them in 1975.

Bashir Gemayel: Lebanese Christian Maronite Leader and briefly President of Lebanon , assassinated by Syrian backed Moslem terrorists in 1982.

Rabbi Meir Kahane: Jewish Nationalist activist , Torah scholar and founder of the Jewish Defence League gunned down by Moslem terrorists in New York in 1990.

Sifiso Nkabinde: democracy activist in South Africa and Secretary General of the United Democratic Movement. Had been demonized by the Marxist ANC and the media. Assasinated by vicious Marxist thugs in January 1999.

Rabbi Benyamin Ze'eev Kahane and Talia Kahane: Jewish Nationalist leader in Israel and his wife. Ambushed and gunned down by Palestinian terrorists in December 2000.

Rechavam Ze'evi: Former Israeli general , war hero and Minister of Tourism , assasinated in Jerusalem by the terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , in October 2001.

Pim Fortuyn: Dutch Liberal political leader , assasinated by a Communist gunman in May 2002.

Jonas Savimbi: freedom fighter , leader of the pro-democracy UNITA in Angola. Assasinated by the Marxist regime of Angola-the MPLA in 2002.

Pierre Gemayel : Christian Phalange leader in Lebanon and key opponent of Syrian occupation of Lebanon and the terrorist-Nazi Hezbollah. Murdered by Hezbollah on 21 November 2006

The principles are simple and common, yet profound! It is about creating wealth from within and understanding how money correlates through and with other people. The principles are guarenteed to work in your life now!!

I'm a liberal. And so it seems natural for me to think of a Middle East in which Jews and Arabs live in harmony. As a matter of fact, anything else is simply not peace. And that is an opinion Daniel Gordis knows all about.

Gordis starts by pointing out that whether or not Israel can do anything to achieve peace, if its citizens think there is no hope for some sort of peace even for their children, they'll leave. So Israel has to do something.

That means trying to reduce the killing, and it means having Israelis and Arabs living apart, "so that they can stop ruining each others' lives."

Gordis says that Israeli attitudes towards the West Bank need to change. Some Israelis see only the land, and want to keep all of it. Others see only the Arabs, and want to give away all the land. Neither of these attitudes are going to work, no matter how the matter is resolved.

Gordis also advises Israelis to show some pride in winning the second intifada (assuming it does actually reach a viable truce). It is a war that Israel, on the whole, has conducted itself admirably in. Yes, there needs to be a continuation of self-criticism. But the author explains that Israelis also need to avoid internalizing some rather vicious "critiques" from Europe. I agree. It isn't easy to admit that you are right and your opponent is wrong. Oh, it is easy to do so when you want to fight. But it is so tough to do when you want to avoid a fight.

Gordis also says that Israel's population statistics are a "time bomb." I know that almost everyone agrees with him. But I do not. Israel has over five million Jews. They may flee to America or Vanuatu. But they won't be moving to Jordan or Saudi Arabia. There is no reason why ten or eleven thousand square miles should be too much land for five million Jews. Nor is there a reason why the Arabs living there ought not put up with Israel defending Jewish rights.

I recommend this very interesting article.

I bought this book thinking it would teach me the aleph-bet through lessons and exercises. To my suprise I found it is an alphabet book for children. But wait! I found it is helpful to learn new words, not "cat" or "dog", but complex words with wonderful pictures from the Israel Museum. This book makes a great conversation piece to set on the coffee table or anywhere else adults and children alike would pick it up. The more pages you turn the more interesting it becomes. I also like the odd shape and the fact it reads right to left (as it should).

Behavior Disorders of Childhood is an absolute must read for students in the field of child clinical psychology, school psychology, and child psychiatry. The content in this book will provide a foundation on which future learnings can be placed. It is very well written and full of details about the field of developmental psychopathology, causal factors, and particular childhood disorders. With so many claims in the pop literature, this book is a wonderful resource to help others understand what is true and what is not so true. I also recommend this book to parents who have an intense need to know the research in the field. Steve Curtis, Ph.D., author, Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children with Behavioral, Social, and Learning Challenges

This is an excellent tool for introducing the idea of delving into the Jewish past to gather wisdom for today. There are 10 stories each about an action that revolves around what we do when we hear the hebrew word S'hma, which is always written in Hebrew in between each of the 10 stories. Also the illustrations are very nice for children- not too busy and dignified. We have all the Molly Cone books at our religious school!