Tag: Top Picks

Israel is one of the most fascinating and important places on Earth, and one that everyone should take the time to learn about. Here are five facts about Israel that everybody should know.   Israel Has Four Holy Cities Israel is known for being the holy land, and it actually has four cities within it that…

The ancient fortress jutting out of the mountain is one of Israel’s most interesting places. Towering 1,200 feet over the desert with views of the Dead Sea, it is the site of an ancient fortress built by King Herod in the 1st century BC. Herod was the governor of Israel and had support from the…

Languages evolve, and even ancient languages such as Hebrew that are still around today have gone through great changes over time. The modern Hebrew that we know today owes a large debt to a man named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. When he came to Palestine in 1881, the Hebrew language was not widely spoken by Jews at…

Everybody knows about how amazing it is to float in the Dead Sea and how powerful its mud is as an all-natural cosmetic, but there are many fun facts about the Dead Sea that few people know. For starters, there are many different names for the Dead Sea. The Devil’s Sea was its name in…

The twelve tribes of Israel come from the twelve sons of Jacob. The story begins as Jacob was fleeing from his brother Esau, who was attempting to take Jacob’s life. Jacob listened to his mother Rebecca and fled Israel to become a shepherd for his uncle Laban. This is how he met Rachel, his cousin…

King Solomon, who was the son of David, ruled the Kingdom of Israel from approximately the years 970 to 931 BC. This period is considered to be the golden age for the Jewish people, who flourished as they grew in strength and numbers as well as prosperity and unity. Solomon had control of Israel, and…

While Jews tend to feel a connection with other Jews even if they come from different backgrounds, the reality is that, in America, the mainstream ideas of Judaism are tied into the experiences of Ashkenazi Jews.

The Sephardim, or Sephardic Jews, inhabited the Middle East, North Africa, India, Mediterranean, and the Red Sea area, and their food has its own identity compared to Jews from other regions.

Harry Houdini was possibly the most famous magician to have ever lived.