In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries before Spain's famed Camino de Santiago.

He has much to say about the establishment of the state of Israel, including the ideas of those who favoured a different path, such as Rabbi Judah Magnes and Martin Buber ... The book has good maps, ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

The route finishes here, or at the King Hussein Bridge at the Jordan-Israel border ... Koshebye began reading about the nun and scouring old maps in search of her original route.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel’s oldest and largest university ... The university’s first Chancellor was Judah Magnes. By 1947, the University had grown to become a large, ...

Speaking of which, there’s the reverse case of refusing to change one’s name despite (or to thumb one’s nose at) ...

Israel's military is expanding buffer zones inside the Gaza Strip and taking over more areas of the territory, shrinking land ...

Israeli soldiers secure a lookout overlooking a road that was opened for two days, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, ...

For the first time, a team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered ancient artifacts at northern Israel’s “Armageddon ... Chronicles between a king of Judah and an Egyptian pharaoh.

This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo) Show more Show less This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo) Mourners pray over the ...

And we are staying on the map – not only in sports, but in everything. About the Author Born in Israel and raised in the Netherlands, I have studied history in the past. Though I still live in ...