Their newest film will come out in time for Israel’s Independence Day ... Rather than focusing just on the events surrounding 1948, now the personal stories of where subjects came from are ...

You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page ...

In Lebanon and Syria today, the reverse is the case. For different historical reasons (Lebanon, longstanding social fissures; ...

Hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher reported that they had been held in a U.N. refugee camp at some ...

Activists barge in on modern Israeli history lesson, chant for 'intifada' outside New York campus gates; counter-protesters ...

Ze’ev Revach, one of Israel’s most famous actors and comedians, died on Saturday at the age of 84. He was widely considered ...

Zionist protesters says he invited the activists to join the class, but was shouted down.Avi Shilon, an Israeli historian, was teaching a class on the history of modern Israel on Tuesday, the first ...

In 1948, he was an 18-year-old student at the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland. Somehow, he caught wind of the fact that Zionist activists were looking for young men and women to help the Jewish state in unc ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (JTA) — While crowds still gathered to commemorate Israel’s 76th Independence day, an unmistakable pall hung over this year’s celebrations, overshadowed by the lingering ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

But the city was divided after the war that followed Israel's declaration of independence in 1948. Israel seized East Jerusalem from Jordan during the June 1967 Six-Day War and subsequently ...