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Who was Anatoly Kaplan and why has he been honored with this retrospective in a city he would never get to visit? 

Everyday heroes. That’s what I call them. Ordinary, common citizens from all walks of life who somehow summon up extraordinary courage and uncommon determination to face down danger.

In our highly polarized world, where facts are often ignored if they challenge one’s political worldview, are we capable of being objective?

Battir is named for Betar (sometimes spelled Beitar), the rugged hill location of a Jewish battle for human freedom.

Jerusalem isn't as overtly beautiful as Venice, as magical as Paris, as dignified as London, as overwhelming as New York or as exotic as Hong Kong. It's like a modest woman who doesn't flaunt herself

At the entrance to Herodium is a cluster of boulders at the foot of the hilltop, behind a sign that reads “Rolling stones from the time of the Jewish revolts against Rome.” 

The US debt crisis is far more serious. But for us who live in Israel, our borrow-spend-borrow habit spells big trouble.

Jerusalem's Tower of David opens its doors to the public after years of renovation. What truths do its walls hold?

As the city stretches itself between progress and ties to its past, Jerusalemites still make the holy city tick

Nobody can predict the outcome of the current struggle between Israel's Revisionist, nationalistic right and the revisioning, pluralistic center.