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For those of you interested in learning about the history of Israel and its neighbors the following books are recommended by Rabbi Nover. He used these books as resources for his recent, informative class called Israel Today: How Did we Get Here?
  • A History of Israel by Howard Sachar
  •  The Israel Arab Reader by Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin (Now on the  Eighth Edition, which covers through 2015)
  •  Side by Sade – Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine by Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, and Eyal Naveh (Only goes through 2007)
A book recommended by Israel Affairs Co-Chairs, Anita Fray and Trudi Perlman is an easy read called
israel; A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country in the World