Ludwig Mayer Jerusalem Bookstore

Jerusalem’s oldest bookshop, Ludwig Mayer was founded in 1908 outside Jaffa Gate and moved to its current location on Shlomzyion Hamalka Street in the heart of downtown Jerusalem in 1936. 

Ludwig Mayer carries a wide range of books in English, German, French and Hebrew. The store offers specialized collections in Literature, Tavel, Philosophy, History, Middle East Studies, Judaism, Christianity, Psychology, Geography, Biology, Law, Economics, Holocaust, Linguistics, Natural Sciences, Music and Arts. 

Visitors will find a helpful, multi-lingual and knowledgeable staff with a wide selection of maps, travel guides and literature on Israel, Palestine, the history of Zionism and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Following a Jerusalem tradition, the store remains closed on Tuesday afternoon.