Israel

It's not an oxymoron: Secular Jewish Israelis value a variety of Jewish religious practices.

Israeli Bedouin have an ambiguous relationship with the state.

Believe it or not, Israelis need Jewish education.

Israel's legal system provides for freedom for all religious groups.

Agriculture plays a huge role in Israel's society.

An unequal partnership?

The highest court in the land stands up to the government policy and second-guesses parliamentary regulations.

While some Palestinian intellectuals condemn it, the tactic remains popular in Palestinian society.

The Second Intifada brought with it a wave of suicide bombings by Palestinians against Israeli civilians.

What happened and why?

The accumulation of disasters in the Middle Ages--expulsions, crusades, and the Black Death, to name a few--inspired a steady stream of Jewish immigration to the Holy Land.