Land of Israel

These photographs document the powerful earthquake that led to hundreds of deaths in 1927.

With the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Jerusalem, the mayor’s delegation set out to surrender to the British. Over and over, the mayor attempted to hand over his surrender, but his efforts were met with confusion and rejection.

Is it possible that the unicorn, that graceful and noble mythological creature, in fact originates from the Land of Israel?

Buried in the archives of the scholar S.D. Goitein are papers which reveal his crucial intervention in a murder case which shocked thousands…

Ulrich Schnaft was a former member of the SS, who posed as a Jew and joined the Israeli army after WWII

The man believed to be “Ivan the Terrible”, a notorious Nazi war criminal, was brought to Israel to face charges in 1986, but the affair ended in doubt and mystery

The incredible life story of the former leader of the Lehi underground movement, whose personal archive is preserved in the National Library

In honor of the Jewish New year, Adeena Sussman shares a new recipe inspired by a cookbook that helped new immigrants to the Land of Israel adjust to the local cuisine.

Three years into their imprisonment in Africa, the exiles published a book documenting the detention from which they repeatedly tried to escape

European housewives who came to the Land of Israel as pioneers needed to learn how to make do with the ingredients available in their new homeland.