BOOKS 2023 #Carmel Publishing House

A new novel by award-winning Polish author Czapen Twardoch turns an unexpected spotlight on Jewish life in Warsaw between the two world wars. A dizzying and blood-drenched crime novel centered on Jacob Shapira, a Jewish gangster and professional boxer who mercilessly murders Gentiles and Jews alike.

Idit Hotar-Yashi investigates Wittgenstein's work through three readings - the metaphor in action; Analysis of the metaphorical use and the way the reader derives meaning in the encounter with the metaphor.

In human history it is difficult to find any similarity between the Jews and the Japanese. Both nations have completely different heritage, culture, religion, past and experiences. However, some shared similarities can be found since they met in the middle of the 19th century. This book describes the interaction between the two nations, the common and the different and focuses on Japan-Israel relations since the establishment of diplomatic relations between them in 1952.