Modern Israel

Longtime leader of Israel's Labor Party.

From military hawk to political pragmatist

From religious idea to secular ideology.

A minority in the Jewish state.

Modern Hebrew literature got an ideological start in Germany, then found artistic maturity in the East.

For a large number of Israelis, religious politics and identity issues disrupt the pursuit of holy matrimony.

A Zionist thinker who advocated a return to nature.

Arabs in Zionist thought.

A radical Orthodox rabbi, poet and mystic who devoted his life to synthesizing some of the most complex and contradictory trends in Jewish tradition.

Service is compulsory for most Jewish Israelis.

In September 2000, a new wave of violence erupted.