Books of and about Israel

Jesus Forgives a Paralyzed Man and heals him – Upon Jesus’ re-entry of the village of Capernaum, the people gathered, in large numbers, so as to listen to his preaching. Jesus had been introduced to a paralyzed man, carried by other men, as he couldn’t walk. Tradition ahs it that due to the large crows, they could nt...

Attalla Mansour, is an Israeli Arab, author and journalist; was born in Jush-a Galilee village, in Israel. Mansour was the first Arab that had been employed in an Israeli Newspaper, “Ha’aretz” in 1952 and had continued working there until 1992. Nowadays he is serving as a Journalist in the Jerusalem paper called...

  Galila Ron-Feder-Amit is an Israeli author, holding a degree in Biblical studies and Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has been writing books, novels and other literary articles, for adults as well as Youth. Having acted as a foster family for children on broken homes, she has found...

"19th Century Travel Notes" – a book by the noted Rev. James Kean, M. A., B.D. Reverend James Kean, M. A., B.D. made a pilgrimage to the holy land in 1882 and later published a book of his travel- notes.  These notes below express his excitement while visiting the Mar Saba Monastery, in the Judean desert (nearby...

Sayed Kashua, is an  Israeli Arab author and journalist; was born in  Tira, Israel. He is best known for both his books as well as hishumoristic columns in Arabic as well as in Hebrew. Kashua writes satirical columns in Hebrew for Ha'arez newspaper and a local Jerusalem weekly,Ha'ir (The City). His writing is...

Sayed Kashua, is an  Israeli Arab author and journalist; was born in  Tira, Israel. He is best known for both his books as well as hishumoristic columns in Arabic as well as in Hebrew. Kashua writes satirical columns in Hebrew for Ha'arez newspaper and a local Jerusalem weekly,Ha'ir (The City). His writing is...

Galila Ron-Feder-Amit is an Israeli author, holding a degree in Biblical studies and Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has been writing books, novels and other literary articles, for adults as well as Youth. Having acted as a foster family for children on broken homes, she has found...

Sami Michael is a Leading Israeli novelist, who has a gift in telling about current cultural conflicts in modern Israel. This he had one with mastery in his 1987 book "A Trumpet in the Wadi"; a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting with an honest and heartbreaking story of an impossible love story and the...

Naomi Ragen is an American-born novelist, playwright and journalist who has lived in Jerusalem since 1971 and has been writing, regularly in the Jerusalem Post Newspaper about Israeli and Jewish issues. Naomi has published numerous internationally best-selling novels. She has been known to be an active advocate...

Yochi Brandes, is an Israeli author who grew up in an orthodox Jewish family in Jerusalem. She usually writes with a profound mastery of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. Her recent books have dealt with Biblical stories, which she had woven, with a masterful hand into stories of what and how it happened, back then...

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