Maaleh Adumim and Mishur Adumim are Jewish communities/settlements just east of Jerusalem in the Judean Desert, which are usually best...

One of my favorite stories in the Jewish canon occurred in this past week's Torah portion. "And Isaac went out walking in the field...

Seventeen years ago Ilan Ramon, of blessed memory, became the first-ever Israeli to go to space. Sadly, Ramon was on the Space Shuttle...

There a ton of music and film festivals happening right now in Israel - as well as new Jewish documentaries available online as well....

Beginning on Sunday, there will be a 3-part weekly series on the Dead Sea Scrolls co-sponsored by the Israel Antiquities Authority and...

Jerusalem's famed Tower of David Museum - which somehow has nothing at all to do with King David - is undergoing a huge renovation at...

I'm very excited today. Not only did we finally get the first rains of the season today, but now that we can go outside again (after a...

Charles Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities," more than half a century before Tel Aviv was even conceived. And yet, it so easily could...

As a tour guide of Israel, I can assure you that there are many different ways to experience this incredible country. To see just how...

I am sitting here looking at the absolutely stunning photos on the Instagram of Ayala Fishaimer and I cannot stop. Fishaimer is an...

Some good news as Israel heads into Shabbat. The Jerusalem Zoo has a new baby giraffe, which somehow is still an inch taller than me. ...

One of my favorite movies from my childhood was called "Cool Runnings". It was the comical version of the story of the 1988 Jamaican...

What do you do when as an Israel tour guide you are tasked with planning an outing in Israel for "people who have gone everywhere and...

I just read an article on CNN about a tourist being fined $1200 for trying to take sand from Sardinia's beaches and it got me...

This past week your trusty Israel tour guide took a 3-day trip to the coast and north of Israel: Wineries, dairies, national parks an...

This looks spectacular. An absolutely star-studded ensemble cast is rebooting the 1978 movie Death on the Nile - itself a movie...

Now here is a woman after my own heart. She loves to hike. She loves to drink. But what on Earth is she thinking combining the two? As...

In just 10 days, Israel is set to make history. An Israeli team will be joining the Tour de France for the first time, and while most of...

As a tour guide of Israel, one of the questions I often get is what kind of wild animals live here. There are a number of animals which...

Cinemas are closed and people are desperate to get outside and be entertained, yet remain socially distanced. The bright minds in Tel...