Everything you ever wanted to know about Israel's city by the bay, from ancient times till today.

A D.I.Y. shawarma, hummus and Israeli salad pita sandwich, with inspiration taken from Haifa's seaside kebab house, Maxim.

Come early fall—still late summer in Israel—pomegranates and citrus fruits stud the shuk stalls, and I use the colorful bounty to inspire my Sukkot cooking.

Fill your holiday table with updated Israeli translations of chopped liver, potato kugel and honey cake—plus a gorgeous and simple jeweled Persian rice dish.

Haifa’s lower city will once again be illuminated this month by the Holiday of Holidays festival, a celebration of the northern Israeli city’s religious diversity now in its…