Why go: An English-language used bookshop open since 1981, with more than 26,000 titles over two floors.
Sefer ve Sefel
Used books & printsCity centre, Jerusalem
Sefer ve Sefel is a used bookshop, mostly English-language, at 2 Yavetz Street in central Jerusalem.
Plan your visit
- Address
- 2 Yavetz St, Jerusalem
- Opening hours
- Google rating
- Website and social links
- sefervesefel.com
What you’ll find
- Used English-language books
- Fiction
- Nonfiction in the loft
About the shop
Shai and Judy Robkin opened Sefer ve Sefel in August 1981, and according to Wikipedia it was Israel’s first combined bookshop and coffee shop. The café closed in 2002, and Michael and Zia Rose have owned the shop since 2015.
Wikipedia puts the stock at more than 26,000 titles, mostly in English, on two floors of a stone building. A June 2026 article on 18Forty says it is mostly fiction, with a loft holding a wide range of nonfiction. Books returned to the shop earn store credit, not cash: 60% for used books and 50% for new ones. According to its website it is open Sunday to Thursday 9:30–18:30 and Friday 9:30–13:30.
Location and map
2 Yavetz St, Jerusalem