Israel - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Jeffrey Geri, Marian Lebor

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

This edition provides important insights for listeners, revealing what to expect and how to behave, how to avoid misunderstandings, and how to form good social and business relationships when on visit to Israel.

While Israel is a modern and largely secular country, it is one steeped in biblical history - a place where religion still plays an active role in public life. In 70 years, it has grown from a sparsely populated strip of land into a vigorous democracy and regional superpower. Often called the Startup Nation, Israel is a world leader in a number of high-tech industries. Its democratic institutions, despite political and social polarization in recent years, are among the most enlightened in the world.

This guide will help listeners understand the country and its people beyond the headlines, ensuring greater understanding and a valuable and successful traveling experience.

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Encyclopedia entry

Reads like an encyclopedia entry. Or like an alien reporting back on what they saw by looking down from outer space. This is a laundry list of facts that don’t convey much of a sense of what the country is actually like. I came away wondering if the authors had ever been to Israel. The publisher did not even bother to hire a narrator who knows how to pronounce Hebrew words.

I’d instead recommend Start-up Nation and a book by Noa Tishby called Israel.