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. 

|ByARLENE GHERMAN
Zaydre Stu Gherman, 80, having climbed Masada.
Jordan Dakoff on top of Masada

My life-changing experience at Alexander Muss High School in Israel

Jordan Dakoff, shares his personal experience as a student in Israel: "A semester at the school was more than just a semester—it was an experience of learning, growth, and self-discovery."

|ByJORDAN DAKOFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH JNF-USA
NAHAL QUMRAN near the Dead Sea.

Hiking along Nahal Qumran, Masada: Jewish nationalist symbols of Zionism

May we merit complete victory in this war and see a time when no more tears must be shed over fallen soldiers.

|BySUSANNAH SCHILD
DAVID BEN-GURION showing guests around Sde Boker.

The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome - opinion

Brushing aside negative portrayals of the ancient rebels, the Zionists made an ideological connection to them because they had bequeathed an important legacy.

|ByROBERT SILVERMAN

Grapevine: An opera high

Arts and culture around Israel.

JUNE 19, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Elena Mosuc in Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ in Bucharest

Evolero unites biggest US-Israel economic mission ever

Evolero will be the host platform for creating a strong networking community during Gov. Deval Patrick’s Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership Mission 2014.

JUNE 12, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Massachusetts Governor Deval Partick.

Oren in the desert

At the opening of this month’s Israeli Opera Festival at Masada, the man with the baton is a character fit for such an epic stage.

JUNE 5, 2014ByBARRY DAVIS
VERDI’S OPERA ‘Aida’ performed at Masada and conducted by Daniel Oren in June 2011.

Abbas, Mashaal meet as unity deal gets off to a shaky start

Fatah says party is opposed to political arrests, but Hamas says PA security forces in the West Bank are continuing to arrest Hamas supporters.

MAY 7, 2014ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
PA President Abbas with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal 311 (R)