Rabbi Yaakov Mann was a scholar-turned-contractor who felt Israel should be built up with the work of its residents' own hands. His influence continues to benefit the capital today

When Jordanian snipers threatened supply lines before Israel unified Jerusalem, IDF engineers built a secret trench now renovated and open to visitors after lying dormant for years

A new book chronicles the remedies prescribed by the first Jewish doctors and their Levantine counterparts all the way through to today's cutting-edge innovations

Author Joshua Cohen hopes readers find the humor in his latest novel - a fictionalized account involving Benzion Netanyahu inspired by true events

Among the some 150 casualties was Hebrew-language literature giant Yosef Haim Brenner, who was buried with dozens of other slaughtered Jews in a common grave in Tel Aviv

Passed around Jewish ghettos across eastern Europe, author Franz Werfel's fact-based 'The Forty Days of Musa Dagh' novel foreshadowed the Holocaust and galvanized resistance

Artistic, cultural and commercial renewal sprout from longstanding Ottoman institutions, making biblical Abraham's one-time hometown an oasis of tourism in the Negev Desert

From brilliantly blooming buds to scenic views and unusual and entertaining recreation areas, KKL-JNF's US Independence Park between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh is not to be missed

From a US Army chaplain who rallied surviving Jews, to a fake military unit, resilience and chutzpah star in Rosie Whitehouse's new book about post-WWII exodus to the promised land

A walk atop the Old City's walls gives visitors a glimpse into the passions of past rulers, including a Christian king, a Turkish sultan, an Armenian princess, and King Herod