Registration for Summer 2013 is Open! The State of Israel, is on
the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a parliamentary
democracy and the world's only Jewish state. Israel is bordered
by Lebanon and Syria to the north, Jordan to the east and Egypt
to the south-west. As of 2005, the population was estimated at
7,205,500 people. The name "Israel" is rooted in the Hebrew
Bible, the Tanakh, where Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling
with a mysterious adversary ("a man", and later "G-d" according
to Genesis 32:24–30; or "the angel", according to Hosea 12:4).
Israel means "he who has wrestled with God". The nation fathered
by Jacob, were then called "the children of Israel" or the
"Israelites". Learn more about the locations we may visit on our
trip to Israel. Learn More - Resources to Israeli and Jewish
news, Jewish culture, Jewish organizations and social groups,
religious links and political sites. Book list - Find a list of
books both fiction and no-fiction that explore Jewish culture
and Israel's