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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research released this year's statistical yearbook, just in time fo the Jerusalem Day holiday which begins tonight (for mo...

Tonight in Israel begins Jerusalem Day. For those unaware, Jerusalem Day is the day on the Jewish calendar which marks that day in the Six-Day War when the ...

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 family together. The ...

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 and extremists in Iran...

For the first time since the Crusader Period, Haram al-Sharif, "The Noble Sanctuary," (known to Jews and Christians as The Temple Mount) has been closed for ...

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 deicide in the 1962 S...

At 4PM on Friday May 14, 1948, the shortest but sweetest ceremony in the history of the Jewish people took place. Israel was declared a state. David Ben Gu...

People always ask me: Kobi, as a tour guide of Israel, when is the best time to be in Israel. And I always respond: Israel Independence Day. There is nothing...

For only the 4th time, a coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt in 132-135CE/AD which states "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" has been found in the Holy City itself. ...

While there have been mistakes and knuckleheads, overall Israeli society has handled it quite well. And some times we were magnificent.

Check out this collection of great ways to see the sites of Israel from your own homes. Whether you want to review sites you saw on tour or check out places ...