BOOKS 2025

This is the first Hebrew (and international) book to offer a comprehensive introduction to the central issues of the contemporary psychedelic awakening – in science, medicine, spirit, and culture. With an open, curious, and kaleidoscopic approach, the book dives into the big questions that psychedelia raises.

​The story of the young rebel who led a lone protest against the political and cultural reality in Israel. Dan Omer and his writings have been forgotten, and it is increasingly difficult to find in the public sphere the model of the rebel he represented, which includes a determined stand against political, social, and cultural establishments while taking risks to the point of self-loss.

Italy, 1936. On the banks of the Lambro River, two girls try to hide the body of a man with a fascist party pin on his lapel. They are terrified and only half-dressed. Soon their friendship will be put to the test.

Van Tolken searches for the key to the obesity epidemic, and finds that the main suspects – excessive consumption of sugar or fat, or lack of sufficient physical activity – are not helpful, but the main blame lies in the addictive power of ultra-processed food, and the giant industry that feeds on it.

The book provides an in-depth analysis of leadership in diverse contexts – from the military, through social and business organizations, to the political arena, revealing the complex dynamics of leading people in different environments, and presenting surprising insights.

Ben has suffered from severe headaches for many years. No treatment helps him, and the pain takes over his life. Out of desperation, he seeks psychological therapy. Will he be able to discover the source of the pain – and free himself from it? A journey of self-discovery that is also a touching story about memory, pain, and coping.

This book will take its readers on a journey to understand reality through the lens of economic warfare, and will explain, through examples from the distant and recent past, the basic principles for understanding economic warfare. Are we winning or losing? Conquering or being conquered?

Clinical psychologist Lindsay K. Gibson exposes the destructive nature of emotionally immature parents. As you read, you'll understand how these types of parents instill a sense of neglect in their children, and discover ways that will allow you to heal from the pain and confusion that childhood brought you.

A surprising and powerful plot. Everything swirls together – the waves of immigration, austerity and accelerated development, the closeness and tension between veterans and refugees, Jews and Arabs, coastal people and mountain people, Mizrahi and Ashkenazim. And from the whirlwind, the great difficulties of the book's heroine are revealed, within her family and outside it.

A practical and comprehensive guide to all key issues related to the termination of employment relationships and the restrictions that apply to employers regarding the termination of employees' employment. The book is written in clear and concise language regarding the updated legal situation, in light of changes in legislation and case law.

In 1914, on the eve of World War I, Mehmet Cemal Azmi Bey, governor of the Vilayet of Beirut (the Ottoman province of Beirut), decided to send two young Arab scholars on a unique mission: a documentary journey through the provinces of the province. The authors describe in detail the life that took place in the country – of Muslims, Christians, Samaritans and Jews; of residents of villages, Bedouin tribes, towns and cities. Their report includes data and interviews, excerpts from official sources, memoirs and folk songs.

In many religious communities, the demand for honoring the heart has been accepted without question, to the point where it sometimes seems that war is not a reality in retrospect, but rather a reality from the beginning. The feeling of exaltation on the battlefield, the joy of victory, and the glorification of revenge have taken a central place in religious Zionist discourse in recent years, as well as in certain areas of ultra-Orthodox discourse.