In The Beginning It started with seashells.
Yes, a lottery using gray and white shells marked the beginning of the first Hebrew city, Tel Aviv.
Akiva weiss was a man in a hurry. True, he was a watchmaker…but on his first night in Palestine, after disembarking at Jaffa port with his wife and six children in July 1906, he was called to an important meeting. His neighbor, David Smilansky, proposed to the participants – jewish residents of Jaffa – to collectively purchase a plot of land, just
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Fascinating free guided walking tours of Tel Aviv – Jaffa are available in English, all a year around (except from Yom Kippur). No need to book in advance – just come and enjoy!... More
The Dead Sea is an extraordinary place to visit. The scenery around it is like no place on earth. Many people come to the Dead Sea because its waters are believed to be healing. More
i ve been "swimming" in dead sea only for two hours but it was great. the water is so salty that you dont have to do anything to float. at first i got scared of the black mud on... More
I haven't been to Israel for a good number of years, but Ein Gedi is still fresh in my memories. Many of the shorter tours will skip visiting Ein Gedi and focus on Tel Aviv and... More
Massadda is a lot of fun because there are many ancient things to see there. We got to the top by a monorail. On the top of Massadda we saw a home for messenger pigeons, the ramp... More
Recently at the major book publishing company I work for, some gourmet gifts were raffled off in conjunction with the launch of a new cookbook. I won one of them: a limited release bottle of Extra Virgin, unfiltered Australian olive......more
Dark metal stamped in the shape of a hand and enameled blue to deflect evil; three-dimensional interlocking stars set with bright stones to protect the wearer; ancient writings scratched on silver pomegranates to cast secret magic--If you know on which......more
Makhteshim and Colored Sands, Negev, Israel Israel lays claim to the makhtesh, a jaw-dropping type of crater found nowhere else in the world. There are three major 'makhteshim' (the Hebrew plural of makhtesh): Makhtesh Ramon, Makhtesh HaKatan (The Small) and......more
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