{"product_id":"excuse-me-is-this-yours","title":"Arriving in August 2026 Excuse me, Is this Yours? by Tuvia Tenenbom","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho does this land belong to? The answers depend on whom you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a pizza in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight months later, bestselling author and gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom has celebrated Passover with the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim, wandered through Biblical landscapes, shared meals with settlers and Palestinians, debated politicians, interviewed shepherds, soldiers, rabbis, farmers, comedians, and families, and discovered that almost everyone is convinced they alone possess the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Excuse Me, Is This Yours?, Tenenbom embarks on an unforgettable journey through the region known by many names: the West Bank, Judea and Samaria, the Occupied Territories—or simply, \"that place.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Hebron and Jericho to the Jordan Valley and Megiddo, he travels through cities, settlements, villages, refugee camps, and remote hilltops, speaking with the people who call this ancient land home. With his trademark blend of humor, curiosity, and fearless reporting, Tenenbom refuses easy answers. Instead, he listens, questions, challenges assumptions, and uncovers stories that rarely fit neatly into familiar political narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEqual parts travel narrative, literary journalism, history, and comedy, Excuse Me, Is This Yours? explores a land where Biblical history and modern life collide, where every encounter is surprising, every certainty is questioned, and every chapter reveals another layer of one of the world's oldest—and least understood—places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSharp, provocative, hilarious, and deeply human, this is Tenenbom at his finest: inviting readers to look beyond headlines and discover the people, cultures, and contradictions that make Biblical Israel unlike anywhere else on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTuvia Tenenbom is a best-selling author, journalist, dramatist, and the founder of the Jewish Theater of New York. He studied for his doctorate in English literature at St. John s University, earned his MFA in playwriting at CUNY-Brooklyn, BS in mathematics and computer science at Touro, and finished his rabbinical studies in Jerusalem. He also studied Christianity and Islam in Israel and New York as well as journalism, acting, theater, and finance (at NYU). Tuvia was named one of the best minds in America by Germany's prestigious Die Zeit, and his theatrical work was hailed by the New York Times as irresistibly fascinating and by the Village Voice as theater of integrity, inquiry and chutzpah. Tuvia's articles and essays have been published in leading Western media, including Die Zeit of Germany (in which he has a semi-monthly column), Corriere della Sera of Italy, Yedioth Ahronoth of Israel, and the American Fox News and Forward. He is the author of the Spiegel Top-10 Best Seller Allein unter Deutschen (I Sleep in Hitler's Room in English), and the number one best seller in Israel Catch the Jew!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gefen Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47993826672805,"sku":"9789652297273","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/9789652297273.jpg?v=1783549789","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/excuse-me-is-this-yours","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}