May 10–11
Memorial Day
Yom HaZikaron. The siren, and a visit to the Nova site.
Chapter 1 · Part 2
Mensch Across Israel
May–June 2027 · Six weeks. Every community. One people.
The calendar
From remembrance to celebration
May 11–12
Independence Day
Yom Ha'atzmaut. Israel turns 79. Fireworks, flags and the hora.
Around June 4
Jerusalem Day
Yom Yerushalayim in the Old City.
Around June 11
Shavuot
The Israel finale, then home to America.
The stops
North to south
The Golan and the Galilee · Tzfat, Nazareth
Haifa and the Carmel · Druze villages
Tel Aviv and Jaffa · the beaches, Bnei Brak
Jerusalem · the Old City and the Kotel
The Dead Sea · Ein Gedi and Masada
The South · the Nova site, the Negev
Interactive map of Israel
A gold dot at every stop. Tap one to see who Mensch met there, with photos and clips.
The faces of Israel
One country. Every story.
Turkish coffee with a Druze family. Torah study with a Hasidic rabbi. Injera with an Ethiopian grandmother. Shabbat on a kibbutz.
Ethiopian Israelis
Netanya, Rehovot
Druze neighbors
The Carmel
Hasidic families
Bnei Brak, Jerusalem
Mizrahi families
From Morocco, Iraq, Yemen
Kibbutz life
The Galilee
Soldiers
A night on base
Arab Israeli neighbors
Nazareth, Jaffa
Nova
“We will dance again”
From the road
Today in Israel
New clips every night
the hora at the Kotel
coffee with a Druze family
floating in the Dead Sea
They attack. We dance.
A hora at every stop
From the Golan to the Negev, every community joins the circle.
Shabbat dinners
A different family's table every Friday night.
Beaches to the desert
Tel Aviv sunsets, David's Waterfall at Ein Gedi, Masada at sunrise.