Books from the Gesher Series of the World Zionist Organization

The Gesher series presents literary and historical works which have been edited for readers of easy Hebrew. The booklets are an excellent tool for students of Hebrew to apply and improve their Hebrew knowledge by reading. Difficult words appear with translation on the bottom of the page.

Items specified as "gesher kal": very easy Hebrew
Items specdified as "gesher" only: regular easy Hebrew
Items specified as "gesher la-noar": regular easy Hebrew, but expecially suitable for youth


Agadot Rabi Akiva (GESHER KAL)
(Compiled by Aviv Ekroni & Rafi Banay. Illustrator: Gil'ad Israel) A collections of stories of the Sages in easy Hebrew with footnotes in English & Russian
 Item No. 10247. wzo, 1998,64 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.50  

Agadot rabi yehuda ha-nasi (gesher kal)
Item No. 33254. WZO, 1996, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Eikh sofrim (gesher kal)
Item No. 33249. WZO, 1995, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Ha-almana ve-ha-ruah (gesher kal)
Item No. 33251. WZO, 1990, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Hanah Senesh (Gesher Kal)
(In easy Hebrew by Zmira Perah) The story of Hanah Senesh (originally written by Aharon Megged) in very easy Hebrew
 Item No. 10808. wzo, 1998,26 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  in stock, ships within 2-3 days

Ha-shomer. Sipuro shel alexander zaid (Gesher Kal)
(In easy hebrew by Miriam Snapir) The story of a Jewish watchman in the beginning of the Yishuv
 Item No. 10809. wzo, 1998,38 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.50  

Hokhma ve-yofi. Agadot rabi yehoshua ben hananya (Gesher Kal)
(Compiled by Aviv Ekroni & Rafi Banay. Illustrator: Gilad Israel)
Item No. 12132. wzo, 1999,80 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.50  in stock

Sipurim le-hagim: hage tishri (gesher kal)
(Editor: Moshe Manor) Stories for rosh hashana, yom kippur, and Sukkot in easy Hebrew
 Item No. 29982. WZO, 1989,40 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Avidar-Tchernovitz, Yemima
Shmone be-ekvot ehad (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 33260. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Ben-Zvi, Rachel Yanait
Ola li-yerushalayim. Al-pi anu olim be-ivrit kala (GESHER KAL)
(Selected and compiled by Yig'al and Dafna Donyetz) First time in Jerusalem. In easy hebrew with footnotes in Russian and English
 Item No. 10248. wzo, 1998,24 pp, Softcover (in English/Hebrew/Russian)
Price: $5.00  

Hoseisi, Majid
Ha-tikva. Hamisha sipurim ketzatim (GESHER)
(Edited into easy Hebrew by Irit Fridman)
Item No. 10407. wzo, 1998,56 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Kishon, Ephraim
This is Israel - Zohi ha-aretz (Gesher, 39)
Item No. 1032. wzo, 60 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  in stock

Michael, Sami
Sufa ben ha-dekalim (gesher la-noar)
Storm in the palm trees
 Item No. 33259. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Michael, Samy
Ahava beyn ha-dkalim (Gesher La-Noar)
(Transl. into easy Hebrew by Alex Zehavi. Illustrator: Gilad Israel)
Item No. 10925. wzo, 1998,164 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Mosensohn, Yigael
Hasamba o havurat sod muhlat be-hehlet (gesher)
Item No. 33270. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Reims, Ofra & Miriam Snapir
Oded oleh l-irushalaim (Gesher le-yeladim)
Item No. 32269. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Shaham, Nathan
Sipurim (gesher)
Short stories
 Item No. 33269. WZO, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Streit-Warzel, Ester
Escape to Freedom (Gesher le-noar)
Item No. 9570. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $8.80  

Streit-Warzel, Ester
Uri (Gesher la-noar)
(Easy Hebrew by Ruth Pargai)
Item No. 27340. WZO, 2001,83 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Talmi, Menachem
Long live courage (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 33263. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $8.80  

Agadat aba hilkia (gesher kal)
Item No. 33253. WZO, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Agadat Hamelekh (Gesher Kal)
Gesher Kal
 Item No. 1262. wzo, 1994,21 pp, Softcover (in English)
Price: $5.00  

Agadat honi ha-meagel (gesher kal)
Item No. 33252. WZO, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Agadot Hillel Hazaken (Gesher Kal)
Gesher Kal
 Item No. 1263. wzo, 1994,36 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Agadot yerushalayim (gesher kal)
Item No. 33246. WZO, 1992, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Bne arev
3 stories
 Item No. 1024. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

El dod be-amaerika (Gesher, 46)
Item No. 1016. wzo, 1982, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  Sorry, this title is out of print

El tokh ha-esh (gesher)
Memories of a shaliah for saving Jews from the hands of the Nazis
 Item No. 1018. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Eliezer be hurkanos lomed torah (gesher kal)
Item No. 33250. WZO, 1993, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Etmol ve-shilshom bi-yerushalayim (Gesher, 43)
Item No. 1022. wzo, 1987, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Ha-derekh ha-aruka ha-bayita (Gesher, 48)
The story of the author about her Aliyah from Australia
 Item No. 1028. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Ke-zeh hayah
Item No. 1039. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  Sorry, this title is out of print

Kol kara ve-halakhti (Gesher, 44)
The story of a Prisoner of Zion
 Item No. 1057. wzo, 1981, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Leket agadaot Hazal. Part Bet (Gesher)
Item No. 16251. wzo, 1993,64 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Leket agadot Hazal. Alef-Dalet (4 parts) (Gesher)
Item No. 16254. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $30.80  

Leket agadot Hazal. Part alef
Alef
 Item No. 1041. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Leket Agadot Hazal. Part Dalet (Gesher)
Item No. 16253. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Leket agadot Hazal. Part Gimel (Gesher)
Item No. 16252. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Leket pirke avot
Item No. 1042. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  Sorry, this title is out of print

Maim bi-rushalaim (gesher kal)
Item No. 33247. WZO, 1993, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Mihu ha-tsevi me-eretz ha-tsevi (Gesher, 53)
18 short humorist stories about the zoo in Jerusalem
 Item No. 1044. wzo, 1986, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  Sorry, this title is out of print

Pirke Hashomer
Item No. 1056. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Shne ahim (gesher kal)
Item No. 33245. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Yalkut Shalom Aleichem (gesher)
Item No. 1037. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Barash, Asher
Menorat ha-zahav
Item No. 33268. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Betzer, Oded
Ha-tsanhanit she-lo shavah (gesher la-noar)
The paratrooper who did not return. The story of Hana Senesh
 Item No. 33257. WZO, 1989, (in Hebrew)
Price: $8.80  

Buber, Martin
Or Haganuz (Gesher Series, Easy Hebrew)
A collection of Hassidic Stories in easy Hebrew
 Item No. 1014. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Dagan, Avigdor
Sipurim Yerushalmyim (Gesher)
Gesher Kal
 Item No. 1069. wzo, 1992, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Eliav, Arye
Bein ha-patish (gesher)
Life of Jews in Russia
 Item No. 1023. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Eliav, Arye
Sippura shel sfinat ma'apilim (gesher)
Item No. 1046. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Gedalyia
Ha-ed ha-aharon (Gesher la-noar)
Literature in Easy Hebrew
 Item No. 2730. wzo, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Gernot, Z.
Gvura be-adom (Gesher La-noar)
Literature in Easy Hebrew
 Item No. 2729. wzo, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Gur, Motta
Azit the airborne alsatian (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 33266. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Gur-Arie, Michal
Anshe yosher (gesher kal)
Item No. 33243. WZO, 1987, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Heilpern, Falk
Hakhame hekm
Stories from Chelm
 Item No. 33264. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Hershkovitz, Tuvia
Ha-rav ve-ha-arie (gesher kal)
Item No. 33248. WZO, 1988, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Hillel, Shlomo
Derekh ba-midbar (gesher)
Rescuing the Jews from Iraq
 Item No. 1027. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Hoter-Yishai, Aharon
Orekh din ha-haganah mesaper (gesher)
Memories of a lawyer of the Haganah from the days of the underground in the fight against the British
 Item No. 1051. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Kichler-Zilberman
Meah Yeladim sheli (Gesher)
Literature in Easy Hebrew
 Item No. 2727. wzo, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Kviatkovsky-Pinchasik, Rivka
Elef pa'am lama (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 27341. WZO, 19 pp, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Lehman, M.
The House of Agulat (Gesher le-noar) - Beit Agular (Gesher le-noar)
(Rendered into easy Hebrew by Galia Yardeni)
Item No. 27344. WZO, 2000, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Lerman, Israel
Ha-sipur al Yigal (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 27348. WZO, 1992, (in Hebrew)
Price: $8.80  

Manor, Moshe
Sipurim le-shabat (gesher kal)
Item No. 33244. WZO, 1988, (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Megged, Aharon
4 Sippurim
4 stories about life after the establishment of the state
 Item No. 1013. wzo, 1991, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Megged, Aharon
Hana Senesh (gesher)
The story of the paratrooper Hanna Senesh
 Item No. 1034. wzo, 0, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Meridor, Jacob
Aruka ha-derekh le-herut (gesher)
An Officer of the "Etzel" from British prisons and prison camps
 Item No. 1020. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Mints, Efrat (ed.)
Meshalim (Gesher Kal)
Gesher Kal
 Item No. 1066. wzo, 1993, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $5.00  

Nshamit, Sara
Ha-yeladim mi-rehov Mapo (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 27346. WZO, 73 pp, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Oz, Amos
Har Ha-etza ha-raa' (Gesher Series)
(Easy Hebrew by Alex Zehavi) The story by Amos Oz in easy Hebrew
 Item No. 5579. wzo, 1992,63 pp, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Philipsohn, Ludwig
Yerushalaim ve-sfarad (gesher la-noar)
Item No. 33262. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Prager, Moshe
Sparks of valor (gesehr la-noar)
Item No. 33267. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Rabin, Ester
Ha-kol talui ba-mazal (gesher la-noar)
Everyhting depends on luck
 Item No. 27347. WZO, 1993, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Raz, Simcha
Rav bi-yerusalayim (Gesher, 42)
The story of R. Aryeh Levin, the Rav of the Underground
 Item No. 1058. wzo, 1977, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Reinhart & Limor
Haside Umot ha-olam (Gesher, 35)
Item No. 1035. wzo, 1971, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Shabtai, Yaacob
Ha-dod Peretz (Gesher)
Literature in Easy Hebrew
 Item No. 2728. wzo, 1995, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Shahar, David
Al ha-halomot (gesher)
4 stories of Jerusalem
 Item No. 1053. wzo, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Shalom Aleichem
Motl ben peyse ha-hazan
Item No. 33265. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  Sorry, this title is out of print

Shalom-Aleichem
Shlosha sipurim. 2 parts
Item No. 33256. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Smoly, Eliezer
Anshe bereshit (gesher la-noar)
Pioneers and creators
 Item No. 33255. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70  

Tene, Benyamin
Korot kita ehat (gesehr la-noar)
Schoolboys before the storm
 Item No. 33258. WZO, (in Hebrew)
Price: $8.80  

Yehoshua, A.B.
Shlosha yamim ve-yeled (gesher la-noar)
Story on Yerushalmi background
 Item No. 1060. wzo, Softcover (in Hebrew)
Price: $7.70