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Book of the month:
Jerusalem : One City, Three Faiths
By Karen Armestrong
Paperback - Ballantine Books, 1997

British religious scholar Armstrong (A History of God) has written a provocative, splendid historical portrait of Jerusalem that will reward those seeking to fathom a strife-torn city. Her overarching theme, that Jerusalem has been central to the experience and "sacred geography" of Jews, Muslims and Christians and thus has led to deadly struggles for dominance, is a familiar one, yet she brings to her sweeping, profusely illustrated narrative a grasp of sociopolitical conditions seldom found in other books. Armstrong spares none of the three monotheisms in her critique of intolerant policies as she ponders the supreme irony that the Holy City, revered by the faithful as symbol and site of harmony and integration, has been a contentious place where the faiths have fought constantly, not only with one another but within themselves, in bitter factions. Her condemnation of Israel's 1967 annexation of the Old City and East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War ("It was impossible for Israelis to see the matter objectively, since at the [Western Wall] they had encountered the Jewish soul"), however, pushes too far her theme of sacred geography as the physical embodiment of motivating myths and legends.-- they had encountered the Jewish soul"), however, pushes too far her theme of sacred geography as the physical embodiment of motivating myths and legends.

The Educational Bulletin (issue 1 - January 2006) - PDF

Our word: The administration of the Educational Bookshop represented by its promotion department would like to express its best wishes for its customers, and hopes for a prosperous year for the Jerusalemites and their guests, as well as to the rest of the Palestinian people and the world's population in general. We remember last year for its catastrophes on the global level from the Indian Ocean tsunami, assassination of Lebanon's former PM Harriri, the earthquakes the hit both Iran and Pakistan (Kashmir), the death of the pope (Johannes Paul II), the suicidal attacks and the oil storage blast in London, the several hurricanes that hit the USA coast especially New Orleans, the water floods in central Europe, the UN's warning of bird's influenza, the famine in Africa especially Nigeria and the violence and unrest that hit Paris and other places in France. Despite the very harsh situation that we find ourselves living in here in Jerusalem, we are grateful to god that we were not hit by any natural catastrophe and that we are still alive and healthy. At the same time we hope that the coming year will bring with it freedom, peace, love and better economic situation. Consequently We are delighted to introduce our Educational Bulletin. This bulletin will be an opened forum for our customers to place announcements and to exchange relevant information to make the stay of our guests and visitors more delightful and fruitful, and we encourage you to make use of it.

What is New? The educational bookshop is a very dynamic store despite the relatively small area that it disposes. Due to our concern and interest in the Palestinian culture we have introduced a good collection of Palestinian music and songs CDs.
Gift vouchers are now available at the store.
We are also delighted to inform our customers of our new color photocopy machine . With this machine one can photocopy in colors up to A3 paper size. It is fully digital and is connected to a PC machine. Probably the first such machine in East Jerusalem.

Delivery service You don't need to leave your house in the cold morning hours to buy newspapers and magazines, we can bring it to your door steps. Call 050 5580803.

Fire risk batteries from Dell Dell, in cooperation with the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling and offering free replacements for certain notebook batteries that were sold for use with some models of Dell Latitude TM , Dell Precision TM and Dell Inspiron TM notebook computers. It is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire.
On Dell's web-site, you can check if you are affected.

 

 

The Other market:

Red Honda 50 CC Motorcycle. Model 2000, first hand, 7000Km, 7500 NIS. Telf. 5890491/5856849

Almost not used Fridge A small fridge in very good condition, three years old, however not used in vast periods. Suitable for office use. 700 NIS, Telf. 054 6650620.

An Apartment For Rent 180 square meter, 4 rooms, in Al-Ram area. Telf. 6283996

A Collection of Novels English novels in good condition, 20 NIS each, price can be discussed on quantities. Telf. 054 6500620

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