By
Hanan Weiskopf, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, On January 12, 2010
An awesome 356 pages book about the history of Israel. 5,000 years of history - its cultural, religious,
and national identity . During the many years of dispersion, the Jewish people never severed nor forgot its bond with the Land. With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish independence, lost 2,000 years earlier, was renewed.