Israel

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A Guide to Israeli Food Markets

The shuk in an Israeli city can offer a glimpse into the lives of those who visit it.

The 12 Tribes

All of Jacob's sons.

Brit Shalom: A Covenant of Peace

A little-known Zionist group that struggled for a peaceful solution to the Arab Question.

Eli Cohen

Israel's most famous and successful spy.

John Adams and the Jews

John Adams expressed Zionist sympathies, and his respect for ancient Jewry.

The Israeli Flag

Blue and white, and a symbol of the Jewish state.

Beit Dins and Sanhedrin

In the Second Temple period, a system of Jewish courts emerged.

Israel Before the State

Jews in the Land of Israel from the destruction of the Temple through the Ottoman Empire.

Belonging To the Land

An obligation of responsibility for this generation and the next.

Modern Aliyah

Economic, political, and religious trends shape the cultural makeup of the State of Israel.

The Jerusalem Question

A brief history of the role of Jerusalem in the peace process.

The Bar Kochba Revolt

Messianic figure Simeon Bar Kochba led the Jews in a failed revolt against Roman rule.

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