Leiah Jaffe

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Emmaus

DAVID VS. GOLIATH When we arrive at the third battle, there is a paradigm shift. Josephus and I Maccabees, which gave only a few sentences…

MAKE ME FAMOUS The second battle of Judah Maccabeus which occurred less than a year after the first battle is spearheaded by an ambitious fellow -…

We celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah by lighting candles for 8 nights. Why 8 nights? Some say because of the miracle of the oil -…

I just returned from a trip to the Dead Sea - one of my favorite places. Like for many travelers, the Dead Sea has me…

In my neighborhood in Beer Sheva, the streets are named after the Negev region of Israel. Places, people and animals are prominent and serve as…

Alexander Yannai, Jewish king, creator of an empire unrivaled since the time of King Solomon, is a colorful figure in Jewish history. The third son…

15 seconds. That's how long it took me to find my phone in my purse and check where the latest siren went off. My phone…

How many times have you been looking for something only to find it right in front of your eyes? In St. Catherine's Monastery in the…

History is made of up "his story". Indeed, what we leave to future generations is only our stories. These stories are made up of our…

Malaria, as much as government policy, kept the Land of Israel vacant. In 1902, a report on the distribution of the Anopheles mosquito and malaria…