Gefen Publishing House
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The Gefen Publishing House is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 language publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...

 firm located in Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 as well as having a department in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. The firm publishes approximately twenty titles per year. Their publications cover a wide variety of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i and Jewish subjects. These subjects include the following:
  • Architecture
    Architecture
    Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

  • Art
    Art
    Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

  • Biographies
  • Children's Books
  • Cooking
    Cooking
    Cooking is the process of preparing food by use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training...


  • Fantasy
    Fantasy
    Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

  • Food
    Food
    Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...

  • Gift Books
  • History
    History
    History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

  • Holocaust

  • Medicine
    Medicine
    Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

  • Philosophy
    Philosophy
    Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

  • Poetry
    Poetry
    Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

  • Politics
    Politics
    Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...

  • Psychology
    Psychology
    Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...


  • Religion
    Religion
    Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

  • Science
    Science
    Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

  • Science Fiction
    Science fiction
    Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

  • Travel
    Travel
    Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...



Authors

  • Avi Baumel
  • Joe Bobker
  • Ole Brunell
  • Meir Doron
    Meir Doron
    Meir Doron was born November 26, 1954, in Rehovot, Israel. He is an editor, journalist and publisher, and is the author of several books and award-winning screenplays. He resides in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...

  • Joseph Gelman
  • Caroline Glick
    Caroline Glick
    Caroline Glick is an American-Israeli journalist for Makor Rishon and is the deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post. She is also the Senior Fellow for Middle East Affairs of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy.-Life:...

  • Hana Greenfield
    Hana Greenfield
    Hana Greenfield was born in Kolin, Czechoslovakia, from where she was deported to concentration camps in Terezin, Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen.She is the author of Fragments of Memory . Her book is a memoir with a collection of articles written over a period of a few years...

  • David Gur
  • Harry Hurwitz
    Harry Hurwitz
    Harry Hurwitz was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His film The Projectionist was his directorial debut and also the first acting role for actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield. He often used the pseudonym "Harry Tampa"...

  • Yossi Katz
    Yossi Katz
    Yossi Katz is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Israel between 1992 and 2003.-Biography:...

  • Chana Levitan
  • Yisrael Medad
  • D. Lawrence Young
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