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...

There are so many great webinars on Israel and Jewish-related things this week. Here are some highlights, from your trusty tour guide of...

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, whom I consider to be the greatest rabbi, teacher, ethicist and philosopher of our generation, passed away on...

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...

Israel has emerged now from a second lockdown, which was enacted over the Jewish holidays. While indoor spaces such as museums are...

It's about time. This is something we have not seen until now here in Israel - the country with more museums per capita than any other...

Years ago, I served for 6 days in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as part of my military service. Last month - as a tour guide of Israel -...

Israel set a record last year with 4.55 million tourists. That was an 11% increase over 2018 which itself was a 42% increase over 2016....

With 2020 being a total mess across the board, wouldn't it be great if we could just fast forward to next year? Well, for the Jews among...

It is the year 2020, the year anything can happen - and it just has. For while there have been numerous Jewish baseball players over the...

All around the world there are centers for the study of Kabbalah. A number of years back, it became the trendy thing to do in Hollywood....

A major travel update: Visitors from 20 countries can now enter Israel without requiring entering into quarantine upon arrival. ...

What was just found in Israel is incredibly rare. So rare in fact that it is the first time anything like it from the Iron Age has been...

Tonight begins Tisha B'Av. According to the rabbis, the original sin of Tisha B'Av, the Jewish holiday which occurs today and which...

For all you archaeology fans: Here is a quick rundown of things recently discovered here in Israel, courtesy of your intrepid tour guide...

The Jewish holy city of Tzfat is where Kabbalat Shabbat was born. The Arizal - Rabbi Isaac Luria - lived there in the 16th century and...

On Tuesday I set out for Samaria - of Judea and Samaria - also known in modern political terms as the West Bank. It's an area, as a...

One bonus of having all this unexpected time off is it has left me with time to travel around Israel looking for off-the-beaten path...

As a tour guide of Israel, this is the question I have been asked most often over the last month or so: When is Israel opening up for...