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Israel Develops 30-Second Coronavirus Test
Two months ago, Israell researchers from Ben Gurion University announced that they had developed a 1-minute breath test to test for...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Jews, American Football and Anti-Semitism: 12 thoughts
The big sports news this past week has not been the return of sports leagues in the USA or even Patrick Mahomes' signing the richest...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 10, 20205 min read


Flying Cars? Yes, Israel is Developing Those Too
Ever since the cartoon The Jetsons appeared on TV back in 1962, people have been dreaming of flying cars. Of course, according to Back...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 7, 20201 min read


Israel Predicts the Top Tech Trends for the Post-Covid World
COVID-19 has changed the world of business, education and how we interact with each other both physically and virtually. Of these...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 3, 20201 min read


3-D Printed Steaks... This Is Real and from Israel
The Israeli company Redefine Meat "says it created the first plant-based 3D-printed kosher and pareve steak with the texture, taste and...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 2, 20201 min read


Pride Alert: Tel Aviv Registering Same-Sex Couples as Married
In lieu of this year's gay pride parades in Israel, rallies were held. Yes, Israel is ahead of much of the world (and light years ahead...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 30, 20202 min read


Bagel Crimes... Crimes Against Jewsanity
Yesterday I did something I have not done in years. I had an American Sunday Brunch which included, of course, bagels. Sunday is a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 29, 20202 min read


Online Conference on June 30: Covid-19 and the Jews: Challenges and Opportunities
The Jerusalem Post will be running a special studio broadcast on Tuesday June 30 at 7PM Israel time (12PM EDT) called "COVID-19 and the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 27, 20201 min read


Pearls, Wine, Zionism and Social Justice: The Story of Yvel
The highlight of my day out today in the Judean Hills was clearly the Yvel Design Center. This little "jewel" sits in the old town of...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 26, 20202 min read


Tour Guide on Tour: Orchids, Wine, 9/11, Elvis & The Bard
One bonus of having all this unexpected time off is it has left me with time to travel around Israel looking for off-the-beaten path...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 25, 20203 min read


Hotel Corona: Where Israelis, Palestinians, Religious and Secular Live Together
In my last post I talked about the dangers of the anti-normalization trend among Palestinians and their supporters. ...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 24, 20201 min read


Forget Trees - Plant Vines, Get Wine & Help Israeli Charities
I am very excited about this... A new initiative of the Israel Innovation Fund is not only organizing a number of wineries together to...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 23, 20202 min read


Yad Vashem's Race Against Time to Collect All 6 Million Names
There are only 400,000 survivors of the Holocaust left alive today. These are the only people who can provide the pages of testimony...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 22, 20201 min read


World Refugee Day: Comparing Palestinian & Jewish Refugees
As a tour guide of Israel, one question I often get is about the refugee issue. In the Israeli Arab conflict, the issue of Palestinian...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 21, 20204 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


Insane Celebrity Israel Experience Online Auction... For Charity
Hang out with Gal Gadot (on Zoom). Be on Fauda and chill with lead actor Lior Raz. Spend the day with Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli at...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 17, 20201 min read


Israel Saves the Life of a 10-Day Old Syrian Baby
As a tour guide of Israel, one of the places my clients love visiting is the amazing humanitarian aid organization called Save A Child's...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 12, 20202 min read


Creating Water from Thin Air - VIDEO
Israel has been solving the world's water problems for years. The inventors of desalination and drip irrigation, and the world's leader...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 12, 20201 min read


How to Save the Dead Sea - VIDEO
The Dead Sea, Israel's most famous natural landmark, has been shrinking terribly over the last number of years, causing ecological...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 11, 20202 min read


5 Israeli Lab-Grown Meat Companies to Know
Yesterday I posted about how the future of protein might be grasshoppers/locusts. Dipped in date honey like John the Baptist or ground...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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