If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
The other day I wrote an article explaining why I don’t believe people should cancel their trips to Israel despite the current security situation. If you haven’t read it, take a look there first. Since the end of Shabbat, I’ve got a few emails from people asking me if I have changed my opinion since a couple […]
Click here for and update from Sunday November 18th I am getting concerned emails from clients who are booked to visit over the next couple of weeks asking whether it is safe to visit Israel right now. I am sure that there are many others out there who have the same question so I thought […]
Sometimes tour guides need to go on a tour too! Yesterday I headed out with my friends and fellow tour guides Meir Eisenman and Daniel Selig to explore some less-visited sites in the Galilee. Among the sites we toured were: Tel Usha – Site of the Sanhedrin after the Bar Kochba Revolts The Ancient Synagogue […]
Tonight I will be attending the annual City of David Archaeological Conference. In advance of the conference, the Israel Antiquities Authority has released the news of an amazing new discovery. While excavating a drainage tunnel from the Second Temple Period, they found many structures from the First Temple Period that were built over to make […]
Last week a grandmother from Israel called me with a challenge. Her two grandsons, 11 and 14 are visiting from Pittsburgh. She wanted me to design a half day tour for them that would get them engaged in the Land of Israel. She felt they had been a bit too glued to their handheld devices […]
Ever wonder if you need to tip a cab in Israel? How about if you need a power converter for your laptop? Or maybe you were wondering about the best way to change your money to Shekels? Yesterday I put together a new page of Israel travel tips chock full of answers to these questions and […]
A picture I took from the Manara Cliff. Manara is in the Tribe of Naphtali’s area in the Galilee. Below you can see Kiryat Shemona and in the haze is the Golan Heights. There is a cable car at Manara that you can take down to Kiryat Shemona. You can’t tell me this picture doesn’t […]
Last Rosh Chodesh I wroteabout some of the animals which are featured in the Barchi Nafshi prayer from Psalms. One of the animals I mentioned is the Hyrax. I pointed out that one of the best places to see them in abundance in at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve. Today I came across a link […]
