Israel history
From Weizmann computers to start-up nation: How Israel grew to become a high-tech powerhouse
Meir Valman traces the connections among prestate universities, military innovation, global experience, and life sciences that built Israel’s high-tech sector.
The Altalena’s enduring lesson: Israel must choose unity over division - opinion
Will we forever live by the sword? - opinion
75 years of investing in Israel: The Man Behind the Concept
Israel: We must not teach history, but instill memory
These are the experiences, like a patchwork quilt, that make up the unique and beloved nation of which we are members.
Dead Sea Scrolls liberator Hershel Shanks passes away at 90
The most notable contribution of Shanks's career may have been a decades-long advocacy for public access to the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in 1947.
Flight to freedom
The riveting stories of Shlomo Hillel, Operation Babylon and Atlit.
Prehistoric Ashdodites used chopping tools to eat bone marrow – study
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the ancient humans living in the area of modern Ashdod used a specific type of stone tools to break animal bones and extract the bone marrow.
King David-era fort found in Israel's Golan Heights
The archaeologists think that the fort was built by the kingdom of Geshur, an ally of King David.
Why Washington may turn away from Israel
In today’s academic and politically progressive world, the foundation for the bipartisan consensus of support for the US-Israel relationship is gradually being eroded.
Mekor Haim: The one-street enclave tucked away in Jerusalem
The first settlers came a year after the 1923 land lottery.
Hebrew U receives world's largest collection of Holy Land postcards
David Pearlman did extensive research on them and provided HU researchers with valuable annotations and a complete catalog of his 130,000 postcard collection. "It has truly been a labor of love."
Important dates to know on Israel-Bahrain relations
In 2019 a delegation from Israel’s Foreign Ministry was invited to participate in a conference on entrepreneurship in Manama.
Hundreds of 1,100-year-old solid gold coins found in central Israel
"With a sum [of cash] like this, a person could buy a fancy house in one of the best neighborhoods in Fustat, the rich capital of Egypt at the time."
