Naftali Herz Imber is well-known as the author of Israel's national anthem Hatikvah. Yet the text went through numerous versions and perhaps even more "foun...

Two polls were just released which as both a tour guide of Israel and a resident of Jerusalem, I found to be quite fascinating: The first poll discusses Isra...

For all of you oenophiles, wine-aficionados, wine buffs, amateur sommeliers, straight out lushes and honorary members of the cult of Dionysus... Israel is ho...

One of those questions I get all the time as a tour guide of Israel is just who exactly is Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. A) A great ora...

One thing people always notice while touring Israel with me is that almost every residential building in Israel has solar panels on the rooftop. This is an ...

One of the highlights of my year is guiding hi-tech tours of Israel. Besides being different than a regular tour, it's always neat to see cutting-edge techno...

Here are some notable things happening on the other side of the fence/line/barrier/tracks... The Temple Mount is now open again post-Corona and Ramadan/Eid-a...

A number of new Jewish movies (whether Jewish-themed or about Jews) and miniseries are in the works and I could not be more excited to see them. Gal Gadot, W...

So.. our ancestors were a bunch of stoners. Well you probably knew that already since everyone in the Torah seems to be getting stoned for some reason or an...

One of the most fascinating community of Jews is called the Karaites. The community likely began in 8th c. Babylon after an older son was passed over for le...

Israel is now mostly open, having begun this past week, stage 2 of our 3 stage opening (the last part to be done in mid-June). We now have less than 2000 ac...

Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations is now streaming online on PBS. It looks at four different cases - the far right in the US (though the far-left also ha...

Israel is one of the leading countries in search for a coronavirus vaccine. Here are the six leading candidates coming out of Israel right now... https://www...

This past week as part of the Great Big Jewish Food Fest taking place online, I was privileged to watch the making of a unique Sephardi Jewish food tradition...

The Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins tonight. Shavuot is the Festival of Weeks or Festival of Tabernacles or the Pentacost. We count 49 days from Passover ...

If I asked you what the #1 sport in Israel is, you'd likely tell me soccer/football. Perhaps you would say basketball due to our recent success in the spor...

In a scene which plays itself out every few months - and only (well almost) in Israel - a child on tour found an incredibly unique archaeological find and tu...

I'm really excited to see the 2 new documentaries on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where most Christians are marking the story of the crucifixion and res...

The best Israeli to ever play in the NBA - Omri Casspi, and the best American to ever play in Israel - NBA All-Star Amare Stoudemire (who is converting to Ju...

When people think Hi-Tech in Israel, their minds immediately gravitate towards Tel Aviv. The truth is that we have major Hi-Tech centers all over the countr...