Much has happened and been written about Israel and its history but small personal accounts can be very interesting and we can learn from them. Carl Hoffman‘s article is about the research that Dr Judith Abrahami-Einat has done to find out about a family tragedy that occurred in 1939.

Fascinating report of the visit of Anne Richardson, Christian Zionist tribal chief of the Rappahannock Indian tribe of Virginia. Compares her challenges as Indian chief with the problems that Israel faces, and finds many common missions.

How does one review a book? This novel reviewed by Carl Hoffman has many elements. Facts about Israel, its politics, the gap between rich and poor, terrorism, and how materialistic we have become. This is all woven into a novel of contemporary Israel.

A personal and important Holocaust narrative. A well written account of multi faceted life experiences right up to today.

Moshe Arens clarifies the unknown story of the two factions fighting in the Warsaw Ghetto with researched detail and explanation – an important book of the Holocaust for students and readers.

If truth is stranger than fiction, this is the ultimate example: a Hollywood mogul who is really an Israeli spy or the spy that came in for the gold (ouch!). Carl Hoffman reviews the book which recounts the true-life adventures of the man who produced such block busters as ‘Pretty Woman,’ ‘Mr & Mrs. Smith’ and others.

The latest exhibition at the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv is by Czechoslovakian artist Vaclav Ciglar who says that glass is the most imaginative material that man has ever created. Carl Hoffman tells us that the exhibition ”Light and Space in the Garden of Reason” uses optical glass, prisms and mirrors that reflect the visitors and makes them a live part of the exhibition.

From 1952 – 1958 Archeologist Dame Kathleen Kenyon directed the dig for the old City of Jericho. The dig uncovered much more – many civilizations were discovered Hasmonean, Biblical Israel, the Bronze Age and mankinds earliest settlement from 8,000BCE – the Stone Age. Carl Hoffman also writes that a stone wall with towers was discovered – was this the biblical Wall of Jericho.