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A new English-language resource for hikers in Israel
Category : Blog
Hiking and nature enthusiast Erez Speiser has created a website enabling English-speakers to explore off-the-beaten-track nature spots in Israel. Erez Speiser isn’t a tour guide or a techie. He’s a mechanical engineer in the marketing division of the multinational Iscar metal-working company in Tefen, northern Israel. But Speiser wants to share his love of the […]
Read MoreMonday, November 19th, 2018
Jewish Identity in the 21st Century with Dr. Ari Kelman & Andy Bachman
Category : Blog
Dr. Ari Kelman from Stanford University joins Executive Director Andy Bachman for a special home-hosted Shabbat dinner conversation. Dr. Kelman is a leading demographer and sociologist of American Jewish life, with a focus on ways new communities of young Jews are responding to the challenges of identity in the twenty-first century. Enjoy drinks and appetizers, […]
Read MoreFriday, November 16th, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: King’s first Jewish adviser André Azoulay fetes plurality of Moroccan culture
Category : Editor's Picks
The Bayt Al Dakyra (“The House of Memory”) in the port city of Essaouira of Morocco’s Atlantic coast is a symbol of the plurality of Moroccan culture. Today, the research center built from the remains of an old synagogue in the heart of Essaouira, is shared by the city’s Jewish and Muslim population. The project, […]
Read MoreFriday, November 16th, 2018
Hanukah Klezmer Bash
Category : Blog
In this joyous performance, Daniella Rabbani, star of The National Yiddish Theater, and 12th Night Klezmer will transport you back in time to a Hanukah Celebration in the Shtetel (a traditional Eastern European Jewish village). The evening will include favorite Yiddish and Hanukah songs awakening the sound and spirit of the Festival of Lights. Sun, […]
Read MoreSunday, November 11th, 2018
11 of the best places to eat burgers in Israel
Category : Featured Dining
Hamburgers are an especially fun way for chefs and diners to express their culinary voice in a casual or bistro-like setting. Lately, hamburger restaurants in the Holy Land are following all the current Israeli food trends – “Just because it’s kosher doesn’t mean it can’t be delicious,” “Kosher, but looking and tasting like something very […]
Read MoreWednesday, November 7th, 2018
Eyal Shani, Israel’s world-famous roasted-cauliflower king
Category : Featured Dining
How a ninth-generation Jerusalemite became the ruler of the Tel Aviv casual restaurant scene, and a global Israeli food ambassador. With his wild gray curls going every which way, and eyebrows spewing over his thick black-rimmed glasses, Eyal Shani looks more like a classic novelist, or mad composer, than a chef. When he opens his […]
Read MoreFriday, October 26th, 2018
The Belgian Priest who Saved 400 Jews
Category : Editor's Picks
Dom Bruno joined the resistance and at great risk to his life established a network of hiding places for Jewish children. Born into an upper middle class, pious Catholic family in Brussels, it was not unusual for Henri Reynders to choose the life of a monk. But in many other respects Reynders proved to be […]
Read MoreFriday, October 26th, 2018
10 Unforgettable Bedouin Tourism Experiences in Israel
Category : Blog
Get to know the Bedouin way of life in the Negev and Galilee through these culture- and hospitality-based tourist spots. If experience-based travel is your thing, you may want to book some time with real people of the settled nomadic tribes of Israel’s North and South. The Bedouin claim to fame is extraordinary hospitality, so […]
Read MoreMonday, October 8th, 2018
Secrets of a lost village of ancient Israel come to light
Category : Blog
Technology such as LiDAR and a drone-mounted 4K camera have led to significant finds among layers of settlement spanning about 2,600 years. A vanished village, buried for centuries under the sands of time, is beginning to emerge in the cave-dotted lowlands southwest of Jerusalem. In typical old-new Israeli fashion, the work of revealing Beit Lehi-Beit […]
Read MoreThursday, October 4th, 2018
Ancient Jerusalem Comes To Life With 3D VR Tech In New Guided Tours
Category : Travel Services
The Tower of David Museum and its new Innovation Lab recently launched new tours of Jerusalem, taking visitors and residents on a journey to experience the city as it may have been some 2,000 years ago. The museum, housed in Jerusalem’s Old City, teamed up with Australia’s Lithodomos VR, a virtual reality startup founded in […]
Read MoreFriday, September 28th, 2018