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Israel is a small country, and in moments like these it feels smaller still. People who have never met became “our passengers.” Their survival was a national relief.

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

The Rosetta Stone is inscribed with an official decree carved in three different languages: two forms of Egyptian script, hieroglyphs and Demotic, as well as ancient Greek.

It is not about who receives a ceremonial invitation to enter for one evening, but about what kind of sukkah we build in the first place.

Long before elaborately designed sukkahs, store-bought decorations and photos shared on social media, Sukkot in Israel was very much a communal celebration.

The documents were discovered by Waterloo resident Jason Hurdle inside a cardboard box hidden in a previously unknown crawlspace in his garage, The Washington Post reported last week.

Kutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.

New research into ancient Jewish life reveals how Yom Kippur was observed beyond the Temple, from fasting and private prayer to communal reflection.

My Wanderings in the Gardens: The Legacy of Hansen House in Jerusalem is a charming, arresting, evocative, historical, information-laden portrayal of the backdrop to the architectural and cultural ge

Below are some excerpts from the book, which showcases the personal accounts of those who were young children when they fled with – or without – their parents and families as Communism took over.