Reviews of "In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone"

 

5-star rating on Amazon with 18 reviews:

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Some comments from Amazon reviews: "This was a great tool for me as I explored Jerusalem and environs. It is well written, well organized and the colors pop off the page." " Insightful and detailed hiking guide with beautiful pictures, maps, and transit information .... guide is very insightful and provides historical information about all these places."  "The maps are clear and the descriptions spot on. Although I have already done some of these hikes, I will probably do them again, taking this book along to guide me." "The perfect hiking resource in English." 

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Abigail Leichman, book review by the Jerusalem Post Magazine, April 2021
In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone really is for everyone, whether you are reading it on the trail or on your couch. . .  What makes this book fascinating reading - even for non-walkers - are essays on the historic, biblical and geographic significance of each area mentioned. A timeline helps put in perspective the long history of this terrain. By way of walking and hiking Jerusalem's neighborhoods and historic/religious sites - Jewish, Christian and Muslim - you'll learn about personalities such as King David, Herod the Great, Omar ibn al-Khattab, Eliezer ben Yehuda, Dr. Abraham and Anna Ticho and Teddy Kolleck. 

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Mechael Pomeranz, former proprietor of the Jerusalem bookstore that bears his family name)

“In and Around Jerusalem for Everyone by Arnold Slyper is a masterpiece.  It is the best and most useful book I have ever seen on Jerusalem and its environs that is practical and applicable to today’s treasure hunters. Please take this book and learn about our Holy City  and our Holy Land.  Surprise your wife, your girlfriend, your boyfriend and take them to a romantic place they otherwise would not know about had it not been brought so easily to your eyes through this book”  

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Post by Barnea Selevan (well-known tour guide and archeologist) to other tour guides: 

"Hevre, I am so impressed - comprehensive, artistic, functional, like no other single book I have seen. Remember I am the author of an Old City guide book, so I know what is involved - Amazing job. I disagree on some religious points, you could always add this or that. I highly recommend it as a resource especially for newer guides. If I was me, I would go to Nefesh beNefesh and say to them buy this in bulk and give it to every new oleh to enjoy and appreciate Jerusalem with the family. Wonderful.”

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Communication from Stephen Darori (professional book reviewer ) 

"I own every contemporary guidebook on Israel, and quite a few dozen guidebooks, monographs and travelogues long out of print going back two centuries or more, and your book, especially in terms of accuracy, ease of use, format and illustration, in many respects is top of the pile."