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We Can All Be Birdwatchers
“I was never a big birdwatcher. But then I was exposed to one billion birds flying over this country twice a year. Just seeing that made me into avid bird watcher by force! There is nothing like those starling dancing in the air anywhere else in the world!”
February 6, 2015 -
A meteor-gazing Negev adventure
By Deena Levenstein This week I went down to the Negev, Israel’s largest desert in the south which is sort of in…
August 14, 2015 -
City of David – Of Kingdoms and Water – Part I
It was a cold and sunny winter’s day in December and it was a morning of storytelling – of King David’s conquest of what was then a Jebusite city, about how the Jebusites lived (how the women carried the water in jugs from the Gihon Spring), about the downfall of the Kingdom of Judah (fighting the Babylonians was a lost cause and Prophet Jeremiah said so), about King Hezekiah’s one last attempt, 2,700 years ago, to save his falling kingdom (it’s a miracle that they succeeded in creating a system to redirect the water into the walled city of the time) and more.
January 5, 2015 -
My Favorite Color Is “Jerusalem.”
By Sarah Tuttle Singer My favorite color is “Jerusalem” Do you know what I mean by that? Jerusalem is a mosaic…
January 1, 2015 -
It’s all about the hotels in Israel, where luxe meets historic
For a small country, Israel has a lot of hotels. There are luxury hotels and simple kibbutz accommodations, spacious resorts and…
January 4, 2018 -
Tips for a Family-Friendly Israel Vacation
The Perfect Family Getaway to Israel Planning a family vacation is a special time for bonding, exploration, and creating lasting memories….
October 3, 2023 -
The Land of Wildflowers
By Touring Israel CEO – Joe Yudin Most tourists who have never been to Israel before think of this land as…
February 26, 2017 -
Tu B’Shvat – Glorious Trees
Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners,…
January 31, 2018 -
Modern Jerusalem in Miniature
This beautiful, realistic model of 15% of modern Jerusalem offers a bird’s eye view of the city’s unique structures in spectacular detail.
October 23, 2015