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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As a tour guide of Israel, this is the question I have been asked most often over the last month or so: When is Israel opening up for...

This was inevitable. A movement that for the last decade plus has tried to link itself to the struggle of African-Americans - if not...

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

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

So, we are all stuck at home. For me, it means I have only left my apartment 5 times in the last 2 months just to get some food. ...