Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

He has much to say about the establishment of the state of Israel, including the ideas of those who favoured a different path, such as Rabbi Judah Magnes and Martin Buber ... The book has good maps, ...

In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries before Spain's famed Camino de Santiago.

The route finishes here, or at the King Hussein Bridge at the Jordan-Israel border ... Koshebye began reading about the nun and scouring old maps in search of her original route.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel’s oldest and largest university ... The university’s first Chancellor was Judah Magnes. By 1947, the University had grown to become a large, ...

It is essential to remember that Judaism, as we know it today, did not exist in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. In antiquity, religions in the modern sense of the term did not exist ...

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The Palestinians seek an independent state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel captured in the 1967 ...

Israel's defence minister said on Wednesday troops would stay in "security zones" in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, potentially complicating ceasefire and hostage talks with Hamas.

The exhibit is part of the ongoing “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” a traveling display of artifacts from the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah that will be on display at the Reagan ...