And you thought your Muppet Show Days were over. Move over Ernie, run along Bert, Jerusalem’s got some puppet magic that will blow the socks out of your entire private Israeli group tour, children and adults alive. This August 14th through 19th is the annual International Festival of Puppet Theatre, brought to you by The […]
Israelis are a grounded folk, not often caught with their heads in the clouds, but come August 23, you better believe that they are going to be looking heavenward and trying to figure out how to utilize wind velocity to carry their precious kite cargo to the greatest heights possible. Introducing Israel’s Annual Kite Flying Festival […]
Klezmer Music, ahhh…… breathe it in. In Tsfat, at the International Klezmer Festival, August 15-17. Three full days of Klezmeritis. Klezmer is the Jewish music that take us back to those past shtetl days, when vacationing in Israel was just a fantasy nestled in the minds and hearts of European Jewry. What happened to the […]
The shuk. If you’re traveling in Israel on a private Israel group tour of the hottest spots in Israel, there is no way you are not going to pass through this intense, bustling marketplace in the heart of the heart of Jerusalem, between Agripas and Yafo street. So to be a truly informed Israeli tourist, […]
Presenting… The Annual Israel Wine Festival in Jerusalem There’s nothing that says a good Jewish time like some a satisfying gulp (or sophisticated swirly) of wine. Gone are the days when Manishevitz was our signature drink. Israel has boosted its wine production to a superior degree, offering its residents and the world, wine that is […]
GENERAL ISRAEL DATA Area: 20,770 sq km Capital: Jerusalem Languages: Hebrew and Arabic Currency: New Israeli Shekel [NIS] US$1 = 3.5/3.4 new Israeli Shekel (nis) Population: 7 million ESTIMATED INCIDENTAL COSTS Newspaper 10-12NIS Water Bottle 6-8NIS Maccabee Beer 20-30NIS Souvenir T-Shirt 30-40NIS Falafel Sandwich 10-12NIS Shwarma Sandwich 25-40NIS WHAT TO PACK? Packing can be such […]
If you are traveling in Israel this August and want to be a part of the action, be sure to find yourself near the Temple Mount and the Western Wall if you want to witness an unusual gigantic rally being hosted from a member of a prime time US talk show. Glenn Beck, talk show […]
Stories of the kibbutzniks that came up with ingenious ideas for how to fortify their homeland are enough to take our breath away. Add in a secret operation underground to make a bullet factory for an upcoming expected war, posing as a bakery, and you’ve got the stuff that wins Academy Awards for its sensational […]
Do you remember that high moment in Jewish History when the Jews crossed that river with Joshua as their leader, finally stepping foot into the Holy Land? A momentous event, to be sure, complete with Red Sea-style sea- splitting fun. That river was called the Jordan River. Fastfoward in time thousands of years and…….. Does […]
When you’ve got lemons, make lemonade. And when you’ve got rockets, make roses. A fairly unconventional tactic for dealing with the hardship of life, Israeli artist Yaron Bob has done the impossible- making something that is a symbol of death and destruction into a sign of rebirth. How? With a hammer, anvil and furnace, Yaron […]
In the heart of the Galilee, at Rosh Hanikra, visit the grottoes! The grottos, or more simply put, sea caves, are world-renowned inner caves that have been the result of thousands of years of geological processes occurring within the rock. And the last thousands of years have molded a breathtaking inner landscape that you can […]
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While you’re traveling in Israel, take the opportunity to travel the entire world in a single day. No need to fear strange airplane meals; this trip will happen without a seatbelt in the comfort of your smooshy, cushioned theatre chair. How? At the hip DocAviv festival; Tel Aviv’s International Film Festival for the third year […]
Paintball. Throughout your travels in the land of Israel, there are numerous sites ready to host your Israeli group tour on a colorful, competitive outing. If you are traveling with younger ones, this is one experience they will never pass up. For kids 6-12, you can host birthday parties, set up by the organization Paintball Israel […]
Israel is burning up, this May 21, 2011, with bonfires galore. This holiday celebration of Lag B’omer isn’t exactly “marshmallow season” ( though you could bring a bag if you want). Rather, it is a day of great joy and festivities, after thirty three days of mourning in which observant Jews don’t listen to live […]
Israel is a land with millions of stories of people from all around the world returning to their homeland in the most unusual and surprising ways. Among the stories are the Jews from Ethiopia, who in the last thirty years have returned en masse after two enormous emergency airlift operations (Operation Moses and Operation Solomon). […]
Yad Vashem Present Survivor’s Art Collections “Virtues of Memory: Six Decades of Holocaust Survivor’s Creativity” is one of the newest exhibitions recently opened at Yad Vashem, Israel’s famous and powerful Holocaust Memorial Museum. At this monumental event, unprecedented in its scope, are the works of close to 300 Holocaust survivors, including among them extremely prestigious […]