A Jewish judge and an SS officer walk into a salon in the Land of Israel…It may sound like the start of a joke but the following is a true story.
National Library of Israel releases rare photos as the world marks 40 years of Israeli-Egyptian peace
During the Holocaust, she escaped the Nazis using forged documents. Only a decade later she was known around the world as one of the greatest Olympic gymnasts of all time. Discover the amazing story of Ágnes Keleti.
A look at an incredible series of photographs taken by Hebrew soldiers in Egypt during WWII. Some of these smiling faces would not survive the war – They died during an attempt to save Jewish lives.
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?
From the Martin Buber Archive: A letter to the American president about MLK’s 1965 release from jail
Not long before his appointment as Minister of Defense during the Six -ay War, Moshe Dayan visited the Vietnamese war zone. Israel would end up applying much of what he learned there…
How did the Western Wall look before its liberation in ’67? What did it look like 100 years ago? And 150 years ago?
