Israel may be no larger than New Jersey, but the staggering amount of places to see and experience can be quite overwhelming for first-time and even repeat visitors. Israel has…
Culture
-
-
Folk-music duo Simon and Garfunkel paid the highest tribute to a bridge—the Queensboro Bridge in New York City, to be exact–in “The 59th Street Bridge Song” (“Feelin’ Groovy”). Of course,…
-
Biblical SitesCultureHistorical SitesHistory
Remains of 2,700-year-old town discovered under Israeli training base
Archaeologists working for the Civil Administration and excavating on the grounds of the former Bahad 4 training base in Beit El discovered a large Jewish settlement estimated to be 2,700…
-
Close your eyes and travel back in time 2,000 years. You’re riding the back of a camel laden with frankincense and myrrh from faraway Yemen, navigating 100 kilometers (62 miles)…
-
Much of the food scene in Jerusalem revolves around one of the world’s greatest food markets, Machane Yehuda, which bustles with some 250 stalls selling fruits and vegetables, baked goods, fish,…
-
Museums show you things, and sometimes let you handle things, which demonstrate a certain subject or era. Living history museums, on the other hand, invite you to immerse yourself in…
-
Jewish historian Josephus Flavius told of a small Roman-era theater built in the vicinity of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. But no one had seen it for nearly two millennia.…
-
Har Eitan Farm and cheese caves are west of Jerusalem, down the eastern slope of Mount Eitan near the Sataf Springs, at the end of a long and rubbly dirt…
-
AttractionsBiblical SitesCultureFeaturedHistorical SitesTourism
Sound and light transforms Old City of Jerusalem
It was always stunning, but now the Night Spectacular sound-and-light show at the Jerusalem Tower of David Museum has become even more so. The museum, in the Old City of…
-
Green is the color of fall in Israel, green with a hint of yellow. It’s been that way for centuries, though not on account of the mild Mediterranean climate. The…
-
Jerusalem – as any resident or visitor will attest – is home to many cats. And while debate rages over the good and evil of Jerusalem’s ubiquitous strays, another proud…
-
If you’d asked Jamie Geller about cooking with date honey before she moved to Israel in 2012, she would have stared at you blankly. Today, the American-born food writer, celebrity chef…
-
A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek inscription has been uncovered during works to install communications cables in Jerusalem’s Old City—a rare discovery of an ancient relic and an historic…
-
The question of which are the best beaches in Israel is a question of great controversy, with over 100km of sandy Mediterranean coastline, plus beaches at the Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee,…
-
In the 1950s, a very young Israel experienced severe food shortages. But in an amazingly short time, Israel’s desert was blooming with fresh produce prized in the Western markets. Israel’s…