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11/08/2025

...important reading. From my previous life as a community social worker with North American Jewish Federations and then at the Jewish Agency for Israel, I can tell you that IsraAid is super professional at what they do and super respected in the international humanitarian aid community.

For over a year and a half, the Israeli humanitarian relief group IsraAid has been quietly providing assistance to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, first by serving as an adviser and go-between, helping international aid organizations coordinate with the Israeli government and military. In recent mon...

10/08/2025

On you next guided tour in Israel, let’s include Israeli art on your itinerary!

'Reuven Rubin: Be My Guest' exhibit reunites Rubin Museum collection with those from Tel Aviv Museum of Art

08/08/2025

I generally find Sagi Cohen (Ha'aretz' restaurant critic) to be too cynical for his own good, and his cynicism comes through here too. Still, it's rare that he has anything good to say about a kosher restaurant, much less praise one as profusely as he does this one on Agrippas Street in Jerusalem. So enjoy the review and, if you enjoy a good steak, make your reservation soon! (Gift Link)

גם אם האוכל היה קטסטרופה (והוא ממש לא), מסעדת "בלאק איירון" הכשרה בירושלים מצדיקה ביקור חוזר, ולו בשביל השירות

19/07/2025

Muki Tzur - “Hope is a principled position, not a passing mood.” Just reading this interview made me more hopeful. Enjoy lessons from perhaps the foremost historian of the kibbutz movement, a master educator, and a consummate “mentch”. (Gift article)

בגיל 87, אחד מעמודי התווך של השמאל הסוציאליסטי בישראל מדבר על הקיבוצים, על ציונות — ועל שלום

08/07/2025

…full flights update (in Hebrew). (Gift Article)

חברת התעופה האמריקאית יונייטד איירליינס הודיעה כי תחדש את טיסותיה בין ניו יורק לתל אביב, עם טיסה יומית ראשונה ב-21 ביולי. טיסה יומית שנייה צפויה להתחדש ב-22 ביו

22/06/2025

Monastery of the Cross, Jerusalem (Study day, June 2023)

09/06/2025

More exciting news - Electric boats for pilgrims and other groups are now sailing on the Sea of Galilee - one boat now and three more on the way! For more details, see the first comment below.

09/06/2025

Here's exciting news - Follow the link in the first comment below and see what's happened to the old Ramon Inn (Pundak Ramon) in Mitzpe Ramon. I can't wait to show you the Milky Way in the night sky on your next guided tour in Israel!

09/06/2025

https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/struggling-since-covid-israel-programs-grapple-with-flight-cancellations-soaring-costs/?utm_source=cio

With Israel’s travel season now in full swing, Israel educational programs are adjusting to ongoing flight cancellations, which have become the new normal in Israel travel.  Israel’s tourism ecosystem has been struggling since 2020, when Israel closed its borders to non-citizens and pandemic-re...

08/06/2025

...hmm. Visit Israel and learn more!
(unlocked article)

Female soldiers are entering the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria in ways many previously thought impossible.

01/06/2025

Amazing past, amazing present! Visit Israel!

05/05/2025

Here is an interesting thought - a pope who has lived in Jerusalem for the last thirty five years!

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may give him an edge.