Land of Israel

In a speech given two years before his death last Friday, Israeli writer Amos Oz spoke of what was holy to him

Mermaids, sea monsters and all sorts of fantastic creatures were a common feature of ancient maps

Noam Nachman-Tepper seeks to dispute the accepted narrative surrounding the capture of Eli Cohen.

In addition to a crown (and a ceramic vase), the queen was the recipient of slander and condemnation. So how was the first Israeli beauty queen, “the typical example of Hebrew beauty”, selected?

An anonymous letter, recently discovered in the National Library archives, offers a glimpe into a time of crisis when the residents of Tel Aviv were prisoners in their own homes.

In 1867, Mark Twain made a visit to the Land of Israel. What did Twain think of the Holy Land? Join us as we trace his journey.

In the early 1960s, a team of Israeli experts was dispatched on an urgent mission to Iran, to help rebuild an earthquake-ravaged region.

Where did one go to watch a movie in British-Mandate era Jerusalem? Where could you catch a bus? And what were the popular hot spots? Presenting the map that resurrects pre-state Jerusalem…

Read the story of how an international Jewish superstar came to entertain Israeli troops fighting in the Yom Kippur War

Nathan Fendrich, a Jewish-American photojournalist, happened to be in Israel when the Yom Kippur War broke out. He grabbed his camera and headed for the front. But who are the soldiers who appear in his photographs? Can you help identify them?