Here are a few sites that we've found that provide background information about life in Israel. Are there others that are useful resources? Can you recommend a few specific sites?

Here's our starting list:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Eng) http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp

Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports (Eng, Heb) http://www.most.gov.il

JSOURCE http://www.us-israel.org/

Art and Culture in Jerusalem http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/english/culture/culture.htm

Beth Hatefutsoth- Museum of the Jewish People http://www.bh.org.il/

The Mining Company http://israeliculture.miningco.com/mbody.htm

Arab Israeli Conflict in Maps http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/100/maps/

Information Regarding Israel's Security (IRIS) http://www.iris.org.il/

Religion in Israel http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH000e0

Israeli Religious Action Center http://www.irac.org/index_e.asp

-- Anonymous, March 10, 2001