Who is buried in the Sphinx’s tomb? No, it is not the Sphinx or anyone for that matter—either mythical or human. Even though the 4,500-year-old part-lion, part-human Great Sphinx is…
Mackenzie Landi
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Danielle Abraham, executive director of Volcani International Partnerships, also aims to tackle global hunger using Israeli expertise. Sometimes we set off on a meandering path in life and suddenly see…
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This Passover will be unlike any other in recent memory. For many Israelis and Jews around the world, it will be celebrated with a heavy heart preoccupied with the ongoing…
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On this day in 1909, 66 Jewish families gathered on a desolate sand dune to parcel out the land by lottery using seashells. This humble ceremony marked the beginning of…
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The Mount of Temptation, with a gravity-defying monastery clinging to its sheer face, is traditionally regarded as the mountain on which Christ was tempted by the devil during his 40-day…
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“They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Isaiah…
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Mar Bar-Ilan was an Orthodox rabbi, author, and religious Zionist activist, who served as leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and pre-state Israel. Bar-Ilan University, founded in…
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Yitzhak Rachamim Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the center-left Alignment party.
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin has spent every day since her son Hersh’s kidnapping working for his return and touching the lives of so many others. Hersh and his parents, Rachel and Jon.…
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According to a new report, Israel’s high-tech industry is managing to maintain its strength thanks to clutch investment activity. Israel’s high-tech sector, which accounts for almost half the country’s total exports,…
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Here’s a list of all of the airlines currently operating in Israel, as well as those expected to resume service in upcoming months. Air travel to Israel was considerably muddied…
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The Jordan Valley extends from the outlet of the Jordan River at the Sea of Galilee to its inlet into the Dead Sea, just a little over 62 miles to…
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“Yet I will show love to the house of Judah; and I will save them – not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but by the…
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On this day, a one-of-a-kind clay seal was discovered, bearing the name of Nathan-Melech who is mentioned in the Bible in 2 Kings 23:11. He was an official in the…
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Born in Cordoba, Spain in 1135, Maimonides was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher. Also known as Rambam, he became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the…