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Number of Titles Found: 62
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| Title: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal |
| Sub-title: An Israeli Navy SEAL's Journey |
| By (author): Yotam Dagan |
| ISBN10-13: 9657023475 : 9789657023471 |
| Looking ahead into the dark, my compass, depth gauge and diving watch confirmed that we were headed towards our target in enemy waters. The mission was clear: to eliminate ships at anchor, ships that were planned to carry out an attack against civilians in Israel. Onboard them were Zodiac rubber boats, AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles, RPG anti-tank rockets and plenty of ammunition. The Palestinian terrorists who had been trained for their deadly mission were set to execute their attack two nights later. This was a race against time. After a stealth approach into the harbour, I identified my target and attached the explosives. For a moment, my memories took me back in time. I was hiding in a bush, an 11-year-old boy, during a terrorist attack, escaping sure death. Activating the time-controlled detonators, I felt the closure of another circle of destiny. An attack against my home, was thwarted. Yotam Dagan, an Israeli navy SEAL, shares his personal journey from being a soldier and fighting wars to healing the invisible wounds of psychological trauma and PTSD. This book is an important account of how human courage and determination, followed by suffering and vulnerability could leverage growth on an individual, community and national level. |
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Pages: 188
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - December 2020 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Autobiography: historical, political & military : Israel |
| List Price: 18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Title: 1 of: 62 |
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| Title: Above Us Only Sky |
| Sub-title: The Diaries of Ilan and Asaf Ramon |
| By (author): Merav Halperin |
| ISBN10-13: 9652299723 : 9789652299727 |
| Above Us Only Sky tells the personal story of two of Israels best sons, Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, and his oldest son Asaf Ramon, who followed in his footsteps and became an F-16 pilot. The book is based on a collection of the diaries and letters they left behind, opening a window to their souls and their unique thoughts. In many ways, their writings are a father-son dialogue between two men who fulfilled their dreams but ended their lives in the skies, under similar circumstances, the father in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, and the son in a devastating 2009 training accident. Following their deaths, Rona Ramon, wife to Ilan and mother to Asaf, realized that she had been entrusted with a wonderful treasure that she wanted to share with others. Ilan and Asaf left a legacy of profo und thought and a drive for excellence and great achievements, along with love for their family, heritage, the land of Israel and mankind. Rona, who passed away herself in 2018, left a legacy of building and inspiring from out of the ruins. This book offers a rare opportunity to become acquainted with the heroic stories of two brave, sensitive, and honest men whose lives and deaths answered some of the questions they themselves asked. The fascinating life story of the Ramon family inspires us all to dare to dream. |
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Pages: 242
Size: 230x155mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - April 2021 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Memoirs |
| List Price: 30.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 2 of: 62 |
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| Title: Abraham The Father of the Jewish People |
| Sub-title: A Children's Companion to the Bible |
| By (author): Nathan Drazin |
| ISBN10-13: 9652299707 : 9789652299703 |
| "Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin was a born storyteller. In his synagogue, every Saturday evening, just before the end of the Sabbath, a huge crowd of people would sit down at a very long table for the traditional seudah shelishit meal. When they finished eating, Rabbi Dr. Drazin would tell them a story. This book, written in the 1940s and brought to the reading public now for the first time, records some of those enthralling stories of our ancestors, bringing Jewish lore alive in an animated recounting of the origin and lifetime of the father of the Jewish people. Children will enjoy these fascinating midrashic tales about Abrahams birth and miraculous upbringing, his struggle against the worship of idols, his survival of attempts to kill him, his dealings with his mother Amtaelai and his father Terah the seller of idols as well as the wicked King Nimrod, and much more." |
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Pages: 104
Size: 239x170mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - January 2019 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Bible studies: for individual or small group study |
| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 3 of: 62 |
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| Title: All About Eva |
| Sub-title: A Holocaust-Related Memoir, with a Hollywood Twist |
| By (author): Rudy Brook |
| ISBN10-13: 9657023769 : 9789657023761 |
| Rudy Brook had just passed the German bar exam and married his childhood sweetheart. Hitlers coming to power put an end to Rudys law career, and his wife, Eva, dashed his Zionist dream, insisting they emigrate to America instead of Palestine. Their arrival in 1938 on Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) spared them that calamity and the even graver one to follow. But thats only half the story. Evas connections to the upscale refugee colony in Los Angeles led Rudy to become a gardener to stars such as Judy Garland, and Eva to become a masseuse to other celebrities, actor Alexander Granach among them. Granach was a big name in pre-Nazi Germany and featured in Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. His affair with Eva would wreak havoc on the budding Brook family and leave Eva with a life-altering decision about herself and the authors older brother. Harrowing yet uplifting, All About Eva combines elements of the memoir and the historical novel to tell a compelling tale of three remarkable individuals and the tumultuous times in which they lived. |
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Pages: 184
Size: 229x152mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - May 2021 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Memoirs : The Holocaust |
| List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 33 |
| Title: 4 of: 62 |
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| Title: Bone Soup & Flipped Bread |
| Sub-title: The Yemenite Jewish Kitchen |
| By (author): Sue Spertus Larkey |
| ISBN10-13: 9652299014 : 9789652299017 |
| With beautiful photographs, both modern and archival, this cookbook presents the history, little-known culinary heritage and food traditions of the over two-thousand-year-old Yemenite Jewish community, as well as the changes that followed immigration to Israel in the 1950's. Notable is the strong impact of Yemenite cuisine on today s Israeli food scene. A chapter on the indispensable Yemenite larder is followed by three sections devoted to everyday recipes and recipes for foods that traditionally accompany life-cycle events and holidays. These are prefaced by descriptions of the many colourful customs central to the celebrations, Yemenite cooks personal stories, tips and above all, their deep desire to preserve their beloved food heritage. The book concludes with informative appendices and an extensive bibliography. |
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Pages: 360
Size: 265x225mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - April 2017 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Jewish studies : General cookery & recipes |
| List Price: 40.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Title: 5 of: 62 |
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| Title: Defying the Tide |
| Sub-title: An Account of Authentic Compassion During the Holocaust |
| By (author): Reha Sokolow, Al Sokolow |
| ISBN10-13: 9652296422 : 9789652296429 |
| Ruth Abraham and Maria Nickel would never have met each other if it hadn't been for the Shoah. But when Hitler turned Germany into a cauldron of anti-Semitism, Maria Nickel decided that morality and ethics were more important than even life itself. This story of unbridled compassion made world headlines in May 2000 in Berlin Germany when Ruth, then 87 and recovering from heart bypass surgery, met her friend Maria, 90, for the last time. In 1942 Ruth, eight months pregnant, and on her way to certain death, was stopped by a German woman in a grey coat who offered her food, saying, "Take this. It's the Christmas rations for Germans. I can't have Christmas with my family knowing that you are carrying a baby and don't have enough to eat." Their long and arduous journey together reached its climax when Maria and her husband gave their identity papers to Ruth and Walter and with it the precious gift of life. Reha Sokolow, the daughter of Ruth and Walter, tells the story of her parents' escape from death using the voice of both Maria and Ruth so that the reader begins to understand the many levels of fear, trepidation, and love that was an integral part of the lives of both the saviour and the saved. |
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The relationship of a Jewish and Aryan family, as seen through the eyes of each party, gives a different perspective to their common experiences. 2) Reveals the compassion of a German family as they sought to protect the Jewish family from the Nazis. 3) Includes the meeting of the two main characters fifty years later, in Germany, and describes this media event that was featured in all the German and Israeli newspapers, as well as the Jewish media in the U.S.
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Pages: 176
Size: 210x155mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - October 2013 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: historical, political & military : The Holocaust |
| List Price: 15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 12 |
| Title: 6 of: 62 |
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| Title: Dona Gracia's Secret |
| Sub-title: The Adventures of an Extraordinary Jewish Woman in the Renaissance who was Almost an Unsung Hero |
| By (author): Marilyn Froggatt |
| ISBN10-13: 9657023084 : 9789657023082 |
| This narrative biography for young adults brings to life the dramatic story of Doña Gracia Nasi, born in Portugal in 1510 into a Sephardic Jewish family forced to pose as Christians to survive the brutal Inquisition. She discovered her family was secretly Jewish in her teens, promising her dying mother that she would live according to Judaic traditions and do all she could to help other secret Jews escape persecution. She kept that perilous promise for the rest of her life. After being widowed by her wealthy husband, Don Francisco Mendes, Doña Gracia achieved success as an internationally. |
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Pages: 56
Size: 229x152mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - April 2020 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: general : European history : Southern Europe |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Title: 7 of: 62 |
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| Title: Echoes of Eden |
| Sub-title: Devarim |
| By (author): Ari Kahn |
| ISBN10-13: 9652295965 : 9789652295965 |
| Tantalisingly close yet ever so far from the Promised Land, Moshe delivers a message meant to encapsulate his life's work. His understanding of the destiny of the Jewish people and his enduring messages of love and faith are the subjects of this last book of the Torah. Above all, Moshe's words empower us to forge powerful, eternal relationships with God. Plumbing the depths of Jewish sources, Rabbi Ari Kahn provides fascinating answers to age-old questions, infusing the parashah with fresh significance. Through provoking questions and intriguing insights, Rabbi Kahn continually inspires us to seek the Godly. Echoes of Sinai completes a five-volume work on the weekly Torah portion, published jointly by Gefen Publishing House and the OU. |
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Pages: 256
Size: 240x170mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - March 2016 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Judaism: sacred texts : Judaism: theology |
| List Price: 30.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Reprint under Consideration
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| Title: 8 of: 62 |
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| Title: Fanny and Gabriel |
| By (author): Nava Semel |
| ISBN10-13: 9657023521 : 9789657023525 |
| A love story as implausible as this must be true. Their first date was arranged by a professional matchmaker. A deal, a pragmatic matter that had nothing to do with romance - that's how it all began. Not long after the engagement was settled, Gabriel was sent to war. The year was 1914. Like Penelope and her Odysseus, Fanny waited for him. This was just the beginning of a romance spanning seven decades of passion and rage, desire and contempt, estrangement and attraction. This love story, set against a backdrop of the major historical events of the twentieth century, is also the story of the eras biggest Jewish dilemma: the choice between the promise of life in America and a new Jewish state in Palestine. While Fanny and Gabriel find themselves on opposite sides of this conflict, fate reunites them. Both a torment and an anchor, their love is an ember that never dies. Fanny and Gabriel are more than just incredible characters they were author Nava Semels very own grandmother and grandfather. With her unique literary talent, Semel weaves and reconstructs their story, piecing together the fragments of their extraordinary life. Fanny and Gabriel was first published in Israel in July 2017, just a few months before Semels death. It topped the best seller lists, received rave reviews, and found an adoring audience of readers. |
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Pages: 320
Size: 229x152mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - April 2021 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Memoirs : Jewish studies |
| List Price: 18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 9 of: 62 |
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| Title: Fed-Up Man of Faith |
| Sub-title: Challenging God in the Face of Suffering & Tragedy |
| By (author): Shmuley Boteach |
| ISBN10-13: 9652296066 : 9789652296061 |
| Where was the hand of G-d on 9/11? Was G-d absent from Poland in the 1940s? Does pain make us into more sensitive people? Is a person who questions G-d still righteous? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tackles the ultimate, timeless questions that go to the heart of the human condition and arrives at some surprising answers. Drawing on numerous confrontations with God from the Bible, and using examples of appalling suffering from today's headlines, Rabbi Shmuley argues forcibly against Rabbi Harold Kushner's best-selling Why Bad Things Happen to Good People and boldly guides us to the conclusion that challenging God and His actions is not just our right but our foremost obligation as human beings. This revolutionary book turns millennia of mistaken belief on its head, providing a concrete action plan for emboldening ourselves against victim-hood. If life has ever defeated you, or if you have ever felt let down by G-d, this is the book for you. |
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Pages: 200
Size: 225x155mm
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| Published: Gefen Publishing House (IS) - April 2013 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Judaism |
| List Price: 22.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 10 of: 62 |
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