Benjamin of Tudela

The genial, mild-mannered persona of Kamal Mansour belies the enormous influence that he wields. Mansour, who this month celebrates the 40th…

13 days in the footsteps of: The Queen of Sheba to the Land of Cush. The Stories of Eldad Hadani, and Benjamin of Tudela. Following the Lost Holy…

A few months ago, the normally hostile Iranian regime took the rather unusual step of adding a Jewish holy site to its National Heritage List. On…

In 1165, Benjamin ben Jonah departed from Tudela on a journey in search of Jewish communities. In 1171 he returned to Spain and wrote his memoirs,…

Benjamin DisraeliBy Adam KirschSchocken259 pages; $21It is said that when Menachem Begin was arrested by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, in…

Extract from a story in Issue 20, January 19, 2009 of The Jerusalem Report. To subscribe to The Jerusalem Report click here. Clutching worn prayer…

According to the Talmud, God alone holds the keys to birth, rain, and the resurrection of the dead (B. Nidda 2a). Intuitively this rings true, for…

Traveling is a Jewish trait. Statistics show that Israelis travel more than do most others in the Western world. Jews have always been wanderers…

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria and took Ijon, and Abel-Bet-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and…

The Biblical SourcesAfter the death of King Solomon (d.928 BCE), his kingdom was divided in two: the Kingdom of Israel, and the Kingdom of Judah. The…

In high school, Sy Schwartz was affectionately called "Bagel Boy" by teammates on the varsity football squad. Had they known what his future would…

This is the tale of our encounter with an anachronism, a living treasure from the past, and the touching relationship we have developed with…

THE TRANSITION of Roni Duani - known to pop fans as Roni Superstar - between adolescence and womanhood will be put put on display in an upcoming…

American cousins arrive in Jerusalem on a brief trip with their Jewish Federation. Ed, a cousin-by-marriage, mentions that he's only recently learned…

While some Arabs wished the comatose prime minister dead, many other Arabs expressed their concern for the health of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli leader…

Kibitzers, dreamers, medieval travelers and dybbuks are among the wide array of heroes, heroines and mystical villains in this season's crop of…

Maniacs don't coin truisms very often. So when Charles Manson acolyte Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme declares that "anybody can kill anybody," you could…