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IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS LAND

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JUDEA

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135 communities across 9 regions — 510,581 residents building on ancient ground

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Today in the Heartland
Stories That Matter
Farm portraits, heritage walks, and the quiet courage of frontier families.
Frontier farm in the Judean hills
Farm Portrait

They Burned Our Field.
We Planted It Again.

The quiet resilience of frontier farmers — families who rebuild after every fire, every season.

By Sarah Cohen · March 2026 · 8 min read
Vineyard
The Vine

Har Bracha's Gold: Wine from the Mount of Blessing

6 min read
Ancient Shiloh
Heritage Walk

Walk Through Ancient Shiloh

10 min read
Efrat
Community

A Day in Efrat

7 min read
Farm Portrait
The Levy Family Farm, Shiloh
"My grandfather planted the first pistachio tree in 1982. They burned it in 2002. My father planted again. In 2015 they burned it again. I planted for the third time. We don't leave. The land doesn't leave."
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The Vine
Winery of the Week
Vineyard in the Judean hills

Psagot Winery

On the hilltop where ancient wine presses still bear the marks of Roman-era vintners, the Psagot Winery produces over 1 million bottles a year. Their 2019 Edom Cabernet won gold at Decanter.

Psagot, Binyamin Region · Est. 2003 · 1M+ bottles/year
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Heritage Walk
Walk Through Ancient Shiloh
Where the Tabernacle stood for 369 years. Today, families live 50 meters from the excavation. Their children walk past 3,000-year-old wine presses on the way to school.
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Development Tracker
The Heartland in Numbers
Growth at twice the national rate. New homes, new roads, new families.
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Residents
Growing 2.2% annually
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Communities
Cities, towns, moshavim, kibbutzim
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Farms
15 new frontier farms since 2024
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Wineries
Gold medals at Decanter
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