Ellis Shuman Writes

I remember boarding a flight from Israel to the United States in January 2004, with a copy of The Da Vinci Code in hand. The plane made a...

Tweet In the opening action sequence of the James Bond movie, "Skyfall", our hero is racing on a motorcycle after an un...

Jaffa Gate A small, walled area in the center of Jerusalem contains holy sites revered by followers of the three major monotheistic rel...

I recently finished reading The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker, an inspirational love story set in Burma. Admittedly, I...

No, not by the central figure of Christianity. I am interested in the Jewish rebel leader who stars in Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus...

Bulgarian rose In central Bulgaria, just south of the Balkan Mountains, is a region famous for its rose-growing industry. Bulgarian ros...

Tweet How can you not like a restaurant where the waitresses dance gleefully between the tables? A recent dining experience at...

Questions and answers with Michelle Cohen Corasanti, author of The Almond Tree - a story of Palestinian life under Israeli rule with hope ...