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The Real History of Israel and the Palestinians
No history is so disputed as the history of Israel. Some see Israel's creation as a dramatic act of justice for the Jewish people. Others insist that it was a crime against Palestine's Arabs.
Author David Brog untangles the facts from the myths to reveal the truth about the Arab-Israeli conflict. In Reclaiming Israel's History you'll learn how the Jewish people have maintained a continual presence...
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In this distinctive textbook for Hebrew Bible courses, author Tzvi Novick's approach is thematic rather than chronological. Sorting the books according to their historical context, theological claims, and literary conventions, Novick examines and elucidates the historical and intellectual development of the Hebrew Bible.
With attentiveness to both historical-critical and traditional-canonical approaches, An Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel...
3) Israel
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64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
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Presents information on the geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, and social life and customs of Israel, a holy place to three of the world's major religions.
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333 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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"A personal, spirited, and concise chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most fascinating countries in the world: Israel"--
While everyone seems to have a strong opinion about Israel, how many people actually know the facts? Tishby creates an accessible and dynamic portrait of a tiny country of outsized relevance. Through bite-sized chunks of history and deeply personal stories, she chronicles her homeland's...
8) Israel
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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Discusses the history, landscape, people, animals, food, sports, and culture of Israel.
12) The six-day hero
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Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only ninteen years old - the same age as Motti's brave older brother, Gideon - and the tiny country is surrounded by enemies. Motti wishes he could join the Israeli army like Gideon and be a hero. But when his best friend's family flees the country and his brother goes off to fight, Motti realizes this war isn't a game. Hope comes to Motti in unexpected forms. In the kind Ethiopian priest who lives nearby....
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575 pages ; 25 cm
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Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside...
14) Beni's war
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"It's Yom Kippur Eve in 1973, and twelve-year-old Beni thinks his biggest problem is settling in at his new school in the Golan, where his family moved at the end of the Six-Day War. But on Yom Kippur, shocking news comes over the radio: a stunning strike on Israel has begun, led by a coalition of Arab states. In the blink of an eye, Beni's older brother Motti is off to war, leaving Beni behind with his mother and father. As bombs drop around Beni...
15) Israel
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 x 25 cm.
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"Welcome to Israel--home of the Dead Sea, the Masada Fortress, and historic religious sites! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Israel's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with photos, and a facts page that includes major statistics complement the text. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards....
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xii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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Based on a wide range of sources, both in Hebrew and English, this book contains a judicious synthesis of the received literature to yield the general reader and student alike a reliable, balanced, and novel account of Israel's fateful and turbulent infancy. -- from publisher description.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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This non-stop, groundbreaking adventure takes the viewer on a historic journey throughout Israel, at the intersection of the world's three great religions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Peter Greenberg explore Israel as it has never been seen before, through the eyes of its leader.
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206 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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"Glidden, a progressive American Jew who is sharply critical of Israeli policies vis-á-vis the Occupied Territories, went on an all-expense-paid 'birthright' trip to Israel in an attempt to discover some grand truths at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This graphic memoir tells the touching and often funny story of her utter failure to do so."--Amazon.com.
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xiii, 385 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, map ; 23 cm
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"Jerusalem is the story of a single family -- three generations of very different people -- as they are swept up in the chaos of nation-making from 1940 to 1948. Love, death, faith, family, and politics form the perilous mix that fuels this ambitious, cinematic graphic novel about the events surrounding the creation of the modern Israeli state."--Dust jacket.
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