By Rabbi Elie Mischel Saul Bellow won more honors and recognition than any writer of his time. Everywhere he went he was revered as a “wise man,” and his award winning books were read by untold...
A Book that Never Grows Stale
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Following in the Footsteps of David
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My first visit to Israel was in 1978 when I was seventeen years old. As a teen on his first trip away from home, I was cynical and more interested in adventure than in any...
Holy Thieves
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz When I first entered Yeshiva (school for Torah study) I engaged in a practice called hitbodedut . Hitbodedut is an aspect of Breslov Hassidut which involves going to a...
Letting Go and Letting God
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I have been blessed with four amazing children and, as they grow, one story keeps recurring. When they are five years old the setting is the playground, and playmates that...
Planting Seeds
By Rabbi Elie Mischel A wounded veteran of the US army who fought in World War II, my grandfather, Julius Mischel, was overjoyed to get married and start a family. But when he moved to Queens, New...
Timeless Confusion
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I have always been fascinated by time, perhaps because if I am left to my own devices I can live my life blissfully unaware that time exists. It amazes me that organized...
Navigating Betrayal
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz “Abba (Father)!” My little boy came running into the house, tears streaming down his cheeks. “We were playing hide and seek,” he sobbed. “And after he was found Samuel...
Jews and Christians Fight for Israel’s Unborn
By Rabbi Elie Mischel On June 17, 1 BCE, a Roman soldier named Hilarion who was stationed in Alexandria, Egypt, wrote a letter to his wife Alis. With great love, he reassured her that he had not...
Power, Persecution and Preservation
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Let me tell you a story. A Jewish man is taken in captivity to a foreign land where he rises to power. Through deep insight, wisdom, and personal devotion to God, he comes...
The Hidden Heroism of Purim
By Shira Schechter Imagine you're reading a thrilling tale of a heroine who risks everything to save her people from annihilation. The story is full of suspense, political intrigue, and unexpected...
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What Jews and Christians think
The Israel Bible will succeed in helping readers of Tanakh better understand its geographical context and better perceive some of its contemporary resonances.
Rabbi Dr. Shalom Carmy
Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Bible, Yeshiva University
When you open The Israel Bible and see… lessons about Israel, you see that Israel is the Torah’s main theme and begin to understand the major role that it plays.
Rabbi Yehudah Glick
Member of The Knesset,
Israel’s Parliament
Jews and Christians share a biblical heritage, and The Israel Bible shows even more clearly that this is the land God chose for the Jewish people.
Pastor Keith Johnson
Founder, Biblical Foundations Academy International
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Full text of the Hebrew Scriptures in English and Hebrew with select transliterated verses
ALL ABOUT ISRAEL
Unique Israel focused commentary on every chapter
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Proper Hebrew pronunciation of key biblical names and places
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The Israel Bible comes with a Hebrew alphabet chart, and additional learning sheets