Gefen Publishing House: 132 books

Seldom has a small grassroots organization polarized American Jewry as did the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) and seldom has a grassroots organization been so successful. How were five governments persuaded that it was to their interest to allow the threatened Jews of Ethiopia to fulfil...

"Uniquely insightful and entertaining tips to a healthy Jewish marriage, sprinkled with humor and Torah anecdotes... including: Rav Rafoel Levin on the obligatory smile Rav Shmuel Aron Yudelevitz on conflict the Vizhnitz Rebbe, shalom bayis, and jewelry Rav Avraham...

You would think that everything there is to say about Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism, has already been written and published. In fact, the rampant misunderstandings and downright distortions of the man can be seen as the clearest symptoms of the identity crisis that afflicts Israeli society...

In 1990 a document was discovered in Poland, according to which the Gaon of Vilna (1720 1797) stopped in Amsterdam on his way to Erez Israel. Research based on this astonishing find, detailed in this book, brought about a chain of dramatic discoveries that fundamentally altered our knowledge of the...

This gripping memoir tells the personal story of a man who has lived at the epicenter of the major events of modern Jewish history. From the ashes of Auschwitz to statehood and the beginning of the ingathering of the exiles, Rabbi Sholom Gold, born in Williamsburg in Brooklyn nearly eight decades...

Throughout the generations, Jews have been inspired and guided by the tales of gedolim, our great masters of piety and wisdom. Simcha Raz s Tales of the Righteous, newly translated by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, brings the lives of these masters to life. Raz s pithy vignettes and awe-inspiring tales...

Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World Based on Matthew 18:1–6 and 19:13–15 Full–color softcover, 16 pages, Ages 3–9 CHILDREN’S BIBLE STORY BOOK, with rhyming text by JIM REIMANN, editor of the updated editions of My Utmost for His Highest and Streams in the Desert Published...

Bescheinigt von den Brüdern, die das antike Boot entdeckt haben (the Brothers Who Discovered the Ancient Boat). Die Geschichte der Entdeckung das Antiken Galiläischen Boots, plus Der biblischen Geschichte über Jesus, der den Sturm auf dem See Genezareth stillte Das Boot Christi ist die wichtigste...

John 3:16—Jesus and Nicodemus in Jerusalem Based on John 3:1–16 Full–color softcover, 16 pages, Ages 3–9 CHILDREN’S BIBLE STORY BOOK, with rhyming text by JIM REIMANN, editor of the updated editions of My Utmost for His Highest and Streams in the Desert Published...

Why does the Bible support marriage to multiple wives? Why does only one son inherit his father s property? Is it possible that the journey s hardships and the severe shortage of food prevented Sarah from conceiving? In The Bible Really Happened, Dr. Liora Ravid follows in the footsteps of...

It was 1933 when Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov left Hamburg, the city of his birth. His traditional Jewish family made its way to the Land of Israel, fleeing the impending disaster. In the next few years, the young pupil succeeded in making his way within his new society. After joining Ha-No ar Ha-Oved youth...

Through film and literature, this book shows students the moral and ethical lessons that have evolved from the Holocaust so they can connect them with the moral dilemmas they face in their own lives. The authors focus on 3 main lessons of the Holocaust - thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not...

When Leon was eight years old, his grandfather took him to a one-man stage performance titled, Papirena Kinder , or Paper Children. It told the story of a bereaved old man who, despite having raised five children, had been abandoned by all of them in his old age. All he had of them were their childhood...

When veteran broadcaster Sara Manobla represented Israel at an international conference of journalists in Moscow in 1977, little did she realize that her contact with the Jews of the Soviet Union would become the start of her own voyage of self-discovery. Her commitment to the cause of the refuseniks...