Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth, by Noa Tishby
vk0ib2025-01-24T00:24:23-05:00Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles away from the United States but remains a hot-button issue and a thorny topic of debate. But while everyone seems to have a strong opinion about Israel, how many people actually know the facts? Here to fill in the information gap is Israeli American Noa [...]
The Zionist Ideology by Gideon Shimoni
vk0ib2021-06-04T16:47:10-04:00This superb and highly nuanced study traces the development and ramifications of the ideology of Zionism from its roots in Europe to its full flowering in the establishment of the State of Israel. Gideon Shimoni begins by outlining the social origins of Zionism, including its debt to European nationalism and its subsequent emergence in the [...]
The Jewish War by Josephus
vk0ib2021-06-04T16:39:42-04:00Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed to observe these turbulent events, from [...]
In This Place Together: A Palestinian’s Journey to Collective Liberation by Sulaiman Khatib
vk0ib2021-06-04T16:25:03-04:00As a Palestinian youth, Sulaiman Khatib encountered the occupation in his village and attempted to fight back, stabbing an Israeli. Imprisoned at the age of 14, he began a process of political and spiritual transformation still unfolding today. In a book he asked Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, an American Jew, to write, and based on years of [...]
The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel by Uri Bar-Joseph
vk0ib2020-11-17T16:01:47-05:00As the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a close advisor to his successor, Anwar Sadat, Ashraf Marwan had access to the deepest secrets of the country’s government. But Marwan himself had a secret: He was a spy for the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. Under the codename “The Angel,” Marwan turned Egypt into [...]
The Lone Soldier Podcast
vk0ib2020-11-17T15:53:45-05:00What motivates someone to move halfway across the world to enlist in the IDF? Among the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces are several thousand soldiers known as "Lone Soldiers," meaning they have no family in Israel supporting them. Many of these soldiers move to Israel from abroad, leaving their friends and family behind them [...]
Valley of Tears
vk0ib2020-11-17T15:48:07-05:00On the first day of Yom Kippur, a surprise attack thrusts young combatants into battle. Inspired by the true events of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this harrowing drama series focuses on the universality of heroism and sacrifice through four intertwined stories. Through its magnified, unflinching lens, Valley of Tears reveals the tension, anxiety, and [...]
Raid On Entebbe
vk0ib2020-09-11T18:07:22-04:00Based on actual events surrounding Israel's Operation Thunderbolt, members of the Revolutionary Cells and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an Air France flight, and the airplane makes its way to an airport in Entebbe, Uganda. The terrorists release all but the Israeli passengers, and then threaten to execute them if Israel [...]
Zero Motivation
vk0ib2020-09-08T22:59:23-04:00A smash hit in Israel and winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Zero Motivation is a unique, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, [...]