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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Israel Gets Its Own Las Vegas - Just Without the Casinos...
Maaleh Adumim and Mishur Adumim are Jewish communities/settlements just east of Jerusalem in the Judean Desert, which are usually best...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Hump Day: Did the Patriarchs/Matriarchs Really Ride on Camels?
One of my favorite stories in the Jewish canon occurred in this past week's Torah portion. "And Isaac went out walking in the field...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Israel Announces the 2nd-ever Israeli Astronaut to Head to Space
Seventeen years ago Ilan Ramon, of blessed memory, became the first-ever Israeli to go to space. Sadly, Ramon was on the Space Shuttle...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Fantastic Online Concerts/Shows/Films from Israel!
There a ton of music and film festivals happening right now in Israel - as well as new Jewish documentaries available online as well....
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Free Online Series on the Dead Sea Scrolls Starts Sunday
Beginning on Sunday, there will be a 3-part weekly series on the Dead Sea Scrolls co-sponsored by the Israel Antiquities Authority and...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 27, 20202 min read
Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum is Undergoing a $40 Million Renovation
Jerusalem's famed Tower of David Museum - which somehow has nothing at all to do with King David - is undergoing a huge renovation at...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Israelis are Trying to Set the Record for World's Largest Beach Clean-Up
I'm very excited today. Not only did we finally get the first rains of the season today, but now that we can go outside again (after a...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 19, 20203 min read
Jerusalem & Tel Aviv are Stealing from Each Other & it's Great!
Charles Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities," more than half a century before Tel Aviv was even conceived. And yet, it so easily could...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 15, 20201 min read
Traveling Around Israel - On an Electric Toy Car (Movie)
As a tour guide of Israel, I can assure you that there are many different ways to experience this incredible country. To see just how...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 13, 20202 min read
Incredible Photos from an Israeli Wildlife Photographer
I am sitting here looking at the absolutely stunning photos on the Instagram of Ayala Fishaimer and I cannot stop. Fishaimer is an...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 9, 20201 min read
Babies @ the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo: Lions, Black Swans & a Giraffe!
Some good news as Israel heads into Shabbat. The Jerusalem Zoo has a new baby giraffe, which somehow is still an inch taller than me. ...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Some People They Can't Believe... Israel Has a Bobsled Team!
One of my favorite movies from my childhood was called "Cool Runnings". It was the comical version of the story of the 1988 Jamaican...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Tour Guide on Tour: High Over Tel Aviv on the TLV Balloon
What do you do when as an Israel tour guide you are tasked with planning an outing in Israel for "people who have gone everywhere and...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 9, 202010 min read
50 Things NOT to Do in Israel (or Take from Israel)
I just read an article on CNN about a tourist being fined $1200 for trying to take sand from Sardinia's beaches and it got me...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 8, 20205 min read
Tour Guide on Tour: Hiking, National Parks, Wine & Cheese
This past week your trusty Israel tour guide took a 3-day trip to the coast and north of Israel: Wineries, dairies, national parks an...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 24, 20202 min read
The Death on the Nile Reboot Features Gal Gadot [Trailer]
This looks spectacular. An absolutely star-studded ensemble cast is rebooting the 1978 movie Death on the Nile - itself a movie...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 23, 20202 min read
A Hiking and Drinking Tour of Israel
Now here is a woman after my own heart. She loves to hike. She loves to drink. But what on Earth is she thinking combining the two? As...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 19, 20201 min read
First Israeli Cyclist Ever to Compete in the Tour de France
In just 10 days, Israel is set to make history. An Israeli team will be joining the Tour de France for the first time, and while most of...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 19, 20201 min read
10 of Israel's Wildest (and Most Beautiful) Wild Animals
As a tour guide of Israel, one of the questions I often get is what kind of wild animals live here. There are a number of animals which...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Forget Drive-in-Theaters, Israel just started a Paddle-in-Theater
Cinemas are closed and people are desperate to get outside and be entertained, yet remain socially distanced. The bright minds in Tel...
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