It is hard for anyone born after l967 to imagine the Old City bereft of Jews, but on June 7, 1967, when Israeli paratroopers entered the Old City, raised the flag over the Temple Mount and broke through to the Western Wall, there wasn't a single Jew living in the area known today as the Jewish ...

Culture is an integral part of the leisure life of Israelis of every social level. There is also a great deal to interest the visitor.

The Cinematheque
Every summer, for 10 days in July, a special atmosphere reigns in Jerusalem. Excitement is palpable in anticipation of a ...

Israel has committed mistakes on the information front and they are related to what is referred to as the “peace process,” beginning with the agreement with Egypt which led to unilateral Israeli disarmament in pleading the case for Israel in the positive sense and attacking Israel’s enemies in the ...

Eighteen-year-old Yoni sits head-to-head with a seven-year-old boy in the daycare program of EMUNAH’s Sarah Herzog Children’s Center in Afula. With patience and understanding, he helps the boy with his math homework. When the homework is finished, the two go outside together to kick around a soccer ...

Originally, Passover night was a rather informal affair, each father teaching his child in his own way and with his own words, while the children spontaneously asked questions. The Passover Seder initially served as a means for performing the four Biblical rituals for the evening of the 15th of ...