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Israel's Most Ambitious TV Project Ever is Now Underway
This is incredibly exciting. Okay, perhaps not as much as Israel agreeing to a peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates today [for...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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Forget Drive-in-Theaters, Israel just started a Paddle-in-Theater
Cinemas are closed and people are desperate to get outside and be entertained, yet remain socially distanced. The bright minds in Tel...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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8 Incredible Israeli TV Series You Should Be Watching
Stuck at home and can't get back to Israel (yet)? As a tour guide of Israel I of course feel your pain. In the meantime, there's no...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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A Film About a Shabbos Goy and a Vibrator Gone Rogue
What is the most embarrassing situation a "Shabbos Goy" could be called into solve? Such is the premise of the aptly named - and...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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How are Israeli TV Shows Filming During COVID#19?
After a two-month hiatus from filming when Israel went into lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, production companies went back to...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Museums Compete for Statue with the Best Bum
The Yorkshire Museum in the UK has been having some fun as everyone has been on lockdown, tourism has ground to a halt and museums have...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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Emmy Nominations: Shira Haas and several Jewish shows
Israel has won several international Emmy awards and even a few Oscars but to date, the only Israeli actor or actress to win a major...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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What is Prayer All About? A Lesson from Tzfat
The Jewish holy city of Tzfat is where Kabbalat Shabbat was born. The Arizal - Rabbi Isaac Luria - lived there in the 16th century and...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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3 Black Hasidic-Jewish Rappers & Jews [of Color] News
Meet Nissim Black (photo on right). His journey to where he is today is truly remarkable; his search for truth and meaning brought him to...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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Found in Israel: A New String Theory - World's 1st Necklace
Up until a few years ago, everyone believed that beer was first invented some 7000-9000 years ago whether in Mesopotamia (7000) or China...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 16, 20201 min read
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Amazing Sports News from Israel
Two years ago Israel pulled off an incredible sports coup by arranging to host the first stages of the GIro d'Italia - probably the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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Carvings Found on Israel's Ancient Mini-Stonehenges
All over the north of Israel - but especially on the Golan Heights, one can find dolmens [though it can help to have a trusty tour guide...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 10, 20201 min read
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The Ultimate Jewish Superfood Has Arrived & It's Blasphemous
As a tour guide of Israel who runs a quite tasty Israel culinary tour, one of the themes I talk about is fusion. What happens when East...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 9, 20202 min read
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Mysterious Explosions in Iran - Just Who is to Blame?
There have been 3 mysterious explosions in the past week at Iran's nuclear facilities. So who done it? Is Israel involved somehow? Is...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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Cute Israeli Animated Film Wins International Award
For the first time since 1960, when the Annecy International Animated Film Festival began, Israel finally walked home with an award. ...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Will Ferrell's Eurovision Parody was Filmed in Israel
The new movie Fire Saga, a parody about the Eurovision Song Contest starting Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams, partly takes place in...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 5, 20201 min read
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Tour Guide on Tour: Cavalry Charges, Matzah Art & The Who
As a tour guide of Israel I have been unemployed for the past 4 months with cancellations for the next 4 months as well, due to the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 3, 20205 min read
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Hipster Israel: The Official Guide to the Young, Cool & Hip
One of my favorite sites, Israel 21C, just made an incredibly cool "HIPSTER GUIDE TO ISRAEL." It's a collection of articles, photos,...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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Pearls, Wine, Zionism and Social Justice: The Story of Yvel
The highlight of my day out today in the Judean Hills was clearly the Yvel Design Center. This little "jewel" sits in the old town of...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 26, 20202 min read
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The Family Who Gave a Soundtrack to My Life (Videos)
If you walk around Jerusalem's famed Machane Yehuda food market, there is one alleyway that is different from all the others. The names...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 24, 20202 min read
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