Masada mountain
A milestone birthday: 80-year-old Stuart Gherman climbs Masada
To say that I am proud of Stu does not come close to the way I feel. I never doubted that he could make it to the top. He is truly a role model for our family.
My life-changing experience at Alexander Muss High School in Israel
Hiking along Nahal Qumran, Masada: Jewish nationalist symbols of Zionism
The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome - opinion
Nubian ibex at risk of being abandoned by mother after hiker carries it
Approaching or touching ibexes can "stain" the animal, leading to the mother being unable to recognize the kid.
Were the Qumranites preparing for the War of Gog and Magog?
A visit to Qumran National Park and the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Masada and the Sabbath – The sanctity of freedom over slavery
Separation from sin, and separation from that which enslaves us. The Sabbath is the covenant between the individual and one’s God.
The symbol of Masada
The adoption of Masada as a modern symbol for the State of Israel, however, is controversial because of what Josephus wrote took place there.
The fall of Masada
Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women and children reportedly chose to take their own lives rather than suffer enslavement or death at the hands of the Roman army.
Masada and Jewish heroism: A new perspective
The most important question is why the Jews at Masada stopped fighting.
Masada and its scrolls
Masada was first built as a fortress by a Hasmonean priest Jonathan, either the brother of Judah the Maccabee (152–143 BCE) or Alexander Janneus (103–76 BCE).
Mixing it up at Masada
DJ Damian Lazarus embraces the New Year with his alfresco festival at Masada
Ask the Rabbi: Heroism at Masada?
It might come as a surprise that the Sages never discuss Masada in their vast Talmudic or midrashic literature.
Inscribing the Jewish future on Masada
“By writing a Torah on Masada, we are continuing what the Romans wanted to stop 2,000 years ago,” said Rabbi Shimshon Israeli.
Book review: A noble death?
Jodi Magness has taken a closer look at the legendary tale of Masada, and the facts, speculations and myths
