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Dazzling light show brings King David alive in Jerusalem
Category : Editor's Picks
New multimedia experience at the Tower of David Museum is the largest installation of 18,000-lumen single-chip M-Vision Laser projectors in the world. More than 3,000 years ago, a redheaded shepherd boy from Bethlehem felled a menacing giant with a slingshot. He played the harp and composed the poems immortalized in the book of Psalms. When […]
Read MoreWednesday, April 4th, 2018
Discover Jewish London Through the Ages
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The perfect companion for discovering Jewish London through the ages Whether you visit Golders Green with its bagel and falafel bars, Stamford Hill with its growing Orthodox community, Spitalfields with its memories of the Jewish East End, the City to trace civic emancipation through the lives of 19th-century financiers or stroll through leafy NW3 […]
Read MoreFriday, March 30th, 2018
13 of the best steakhouses and barbecue joints in Israel
Category : Featured Dining
Ready to sink your teeth into a truly spectacular piece of meat? The indescribable goodness of lusciously tender, smoked and flavorfully charred barbecue, or of a properly smoked high-quality aged steak, is well appreciated by Israelis. Here are the really good places to get that quality of meat, run with care by cattle ranchers, grill […]
Read MoreFriday, March 30th, 2018
11 smart alternatives to crowded tourist spots of Israel
Category : Blog
Avoid the lines at places like Masada, Caesarea and the Shrine of the Book this Passover, and visit lesser-known, but just as beautiful authentic sites instead. Been to the usual tourist sites a hundred times, and looking for some new spots to explore? You’re in luck, because Israel is simply bursting with attractive tourist spots […]
Read MoreWednesday, March 28th, 2018
Carpentras Synagogue
Category : Blog
Built in 1367, Carpentras Synagogue is one of the oldest synagogues in France, located in the capital of what was once called the Comtat Venaissin, the area surrounding Avignon in southeastern France. Fleeing persecution in thirteenth-century France, many Jews sought pontifical protection in Carpentras, which was controlled by the Avignon papacy at this time, and […]
Read MoreWednesday, March 21st, 2018
Accell’s power solutions for travel, hotels and meetings/conventions
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We think the best technology requires the best design, ease of use and reliability. These are the guiding principles behind everything we manufacture. Good enough, isn’t part of our vocabulary. We design and build to the most rigorous standards and test and test again to make sure that we deliver the quality and performance you […]
Read MoreMonday, March 19th, 2018
NEW TRAVEL APP – UPLIFT – ENDS JET LAG NATURALLY
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Neuroscientist created based on neuroscience and acupressure techniques resets the internal body clock. Uplift Ventures LLC announces the release of Uplift, a mobile application that provides a custom solution to reset your internal body clock to your new time zone. Uplift eliminates jet lag and reduces your transition time to your new times zone with a […]
Read MoreTuesday, March 13th, 2018
Beauty, destruction and Jewish history: the many faces of Dresden
Category : Editor's Picks
Cross the August Bridge over the Elbe River towards the Altstadt (Old Oity) of Dresden on a tour bus, and you’ll likely hear “oohs” and “aahs” from tourists as they behold the restored Baroque skyline that made Dresden the “Florence of the Elbe.” These days, most people don’t associate the capital of the German state of Saxony […]
Read MoreSunday, March 11th, 2018
7 Israeli buildings that will make you stop and stare
Category : Travel Services
Ranging from unusual to daring to strangely appealing, these extraordinary architectural eye-poppers show the quirky side of Israeli creative genius. The austere “less is more” mantra of architecture in the first half of the 20th century gave way to the postmodern “less is bore” approach that said buildings could be both functional and artistic, even incorporating […]
Read MoreFriday, March 2nd, 2018
The Rashi House in Troyes, Champagne
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The Story of the Eponymous Rabbi and the Deep Roots of Jewish Culture in Medieval France Less than an hour and a half southeast of the capital of Paris lies a town known as Troyes in the Champagne region of Northern France. 16th century timber houses line the streets of the old town, but an air […]
Read MoreMonday, February 26th, 2018