Israel

Rabbi Chanan Porat, circa 1988. Photo: Sa’ar Ya’acov/Israel Government Press Office  “A ‘Sabbath Jew’ he was—not because he showed his…

Journalist Michael Freund converses with Israel’s former chief rabbi about the Israeli scene, anti-Semitism, and the recent translation into English…

The Af-Al-Pi Chen was one of the ships that participated in the struggle to bring Jews to Eretz Yisrael clandestinely…

Counting Israeli Shekels. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski We all know the old joke: “How do you become a millionaire in Israel?…

Photos from The Prime Ministers, reprinted with permission from The Toby Press. Photo: Jono David Sitting in his private office…

The Carmel Forest: before and after the devastating fire–the worst in Israel’s history–that claimed the lives of more than forty…

cultural center, hotel and museum all rolled into one, Tiberias’ House of Dona Gracia, replete with

Translated and Adapted from the Hebrew by Yocheved Lavon Ruins of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem,…

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Overlooking the terraces at Sataf Photos: www.sassontiram.com Growing up in New York in the 1950s, my connection with the Jewish…

Herod, an architectural genius, built the Herodium, a luxurious and magnificent fortress in the Judean Hills. Nowadays, many Jews flock…