This indispensable guide to the north of Israel describes 86 of the best family activities, hikes and historic sites in the Galilee, Golan Heights, Hula Valley, Lake Kinneret, and Jezreel Valley. Road maps enable you to easily plan your road trip. Popular hikes are accompanied by clear directions, difficulty level and maps. Throughout the book are engaging essays that together create a complete picture of the essential features and history of the north of Israel.

And this is what people are saying about this wonderful book:

. . . I am certain that this newest work will add a valuable creative to the literature on travel in Israel, one in which families, in particular, will find especially useful. . . . I thank you for investing your many resources into the labor of producing this work. It promises to be a true gift to English-speaking audiences, and to offer a great service to travelers of so many stripes and backgrounds seeking to explore and enjoy this magnificent corner of Israel.

Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel

Arnold Slyper has written a tour de force! Part travelog, part history, and completely accessible and interesting, he has provided the essential companion for anyone wanting to visit Israel's breathtaking North.

Bravo, Arnold!"

Douglas Altabef, Chairman of the Board, Im Tirtzu, and a resident of the Upper Galil

I love the book. Like your other works, it's incredibly useful and chock full of interesting information, practical and historical.

Abigail Leichman, Israel-based journalist and book reviewer

for the Jerusalem Post

If you want to get to know Israel's north, with its gorgeous nature and fascinating history, I highly recommend Arnold Slyper's new book The North of Israel. User-friendly, packed with information and beautifully designed, this book will make it easy to plan your next vacation and it is wonderful for armchair travel until then.

Shulie Mishkin, tour guide

"The North of Israel for Everyone. The Best Family Activities, Hikes and Historic Sites" by Arnold Slyper

Price 125 nis. Available from the website of Pomeranz Booksellers, other bookstores, and Amazon

There are countless books that tell us where to go in Israel. Far fewer explain why we should go there—and what we are actually looking at when we arrive. . . Slyper has combined the functions of a travel guide, hiking handbook, historical introduction, geographical survey, family activity guide and personal invitation to explore the country. . . One of the book's most effective qualities is the way Slyper integrates history and geography into the experience of travelling. An archaeological site becomes an opportunity to understand the geography that shaped settlement. A spring becomes an entry point into biblical history. A mountain can illuminate questions of military strategy and human settlement. A road becomes evidence of thousands of years of movement across the region. This is popular history at its most effective. . . This is not exclusively a guide for experienced hikers or specialist travelers. Its intended audience is considerably broader: families, visitors, English-speaking immigrants, returning Israelis and people who may have lived in Israel for decades without properly exploring its northern regions. Accessibility is therefore one of Slyper's significant achievements. The book encourages the reader to stop reading and actually leave the house—to take a road, follow a trail, visit a site and look more carefully at the country through which they are travelling. . . Arnold Slyper has produced something considerably more interesting than another Israeli travel guide. He has produced a love letter to the North of Israel disguised as a practical handbook.

Dr Stephen Darori PhD — Political and Social Media Consultant | Managing Editor, Israel Book Review

Letter from Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel