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Pride Alert: Tel Aviv has a new LGBT Anthem (video)
So many of you are familiar with Static and Ben El-Tavuri - the Israeli recording duo who signed a megadeal in the US after their hits...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 23, 20202 min read


Español: 7 Maneras De Visitar Israel Desde Su Casa
Aunque mi sitio web solo está en Inglés y yo guío principalmente en inglés, también puedo hablar un poco de español. Y esto es útil para...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 22, 20201 min read


Pride Alert: Israel Sets a New LGBT Record
While the famed Tel Aviv Pride Parade could not occur this year due to COVID-19, there is something else that the LGBT community in...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 21, 20202 min read


Beersheva - From Camel Market to Cultural and Innovation Hub
From the time Abraham dug 7 wells there some 3800 years ago [giving the place its name] until about 10 years ago, nothing really happened...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 21, 20202 min read


The Amazing Street Art of Machane Yehuda Market
Over the last 5 years the incredible street artist Solomon Souza has turned Jerusalem's famed Machane Yehuda food market into his own...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 18, 20201 min read


How Israel Became a Global Superpower - in TV
For a country of 9 million people, Israel has been absolutely dominating when it comes to creating TV shows. From hard-hitting...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 10, 20201 min read


BDS /Anti-Israel Activists Hijack George Floyd's Story
This was inevitable. A movement that for the last decade plus has tried to link itself to the struggle of African-Americans - if not...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 8, 20202 min read


Video Tutorials: How to Make 3 Classic Israeli Dishes
Want to learn how to make some classic Israeli dishes? Israel 21C - which shows off Israeli innovations - has created a Youtube channel...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 8, 20201 min read


Talk with the Commander of Operation Good Neighbor
At 10PM on Sunday in Israel (3PM EDT), Lt. Col. Eyal Dror, who was the head of Operation Good Neighbor will be holding a Zoom call...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 7, 20201 min read


The Fascinating Story of Israel's National Anthem and its Author
Naftali Herz Imber is well-known as the author of Israel's national anthem Hatikvah. Yet the text went through numerous versions and...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 4, 20201 min read


Karaites - The Jews You Have Never Heard Of Are Disappearing
One of the most fascinating community of Jews is called the Karaites. The community likely began in 8th c. Babylon after an older son...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 1, 20202 min read


Important Anti-Semitism Documentary now Streaming Online
One of the questions I get as a tour guide of Israel is why is anti-Semitism such a problem around the world. Well, a new documentary, ...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 31, 20201 min read


Bake the Bread of the Seven Heavens for Shavuot
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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 28, 20202 min read


2 New Documentaries on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are Now Out
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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 26, 20202 min read


Jerusalem by the Numbers in Honor of Jerusalem Day
The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research released this year's statistical yearbook, just in time fo the Jerusalem Day holiday which...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 21, 20201 min read


An Israeli & a Palestinian Have a Son. Food is the Only Way to Bring His Family Together: Meet Abe.
I'm really excited to see the new movie Abe, which is about a 12-year old boy trying to find a way to bring the warring members of his...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 20, 20201 min read


The Tomb of Mordechai and Esther Has Been Set Alight in Iran
Did you know that the tombs of Mordechai and Esther, the heroes of the Purim story, exist today? Well not for long, if some arsonists...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 19, 20202 min read


If Nobody is Praying at Al-Aqsa... Is it Still Ramadan?
For the first time since the Crusader Period, Haram al-Sharif, "The Noble Sanctuary," (known to Jews and Christians as The Temple Mount)...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 19, 20203 min read


Yesterday Would Have Been Pope John Paul II's 100th Birthday. A Look Back at the Pope and the Jews:
In the past 60 years, we have seen a remarkable shift in the attitudes of the Vatican towards the Jewish people. Jews were absolved of...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 19, 20202 min read


The Messiah has Come! Well, Almost. The Great Big Jewish Food Fest is Coming! Online May 19-28.
Starting tomorrow, May 19 and lasting until May 28, there will be an online Jewish food festival consisting of workshops, happy hours and...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 18, 20201 min read
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