The Top 10 New Things To Do in Israel
As we start a new Jewish year - 5783 - it's time to look back at ten of the best new things to hit the Israeli tourism scene in this past...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
May 17, 20222 min
[Almost] All Restrictions on Entering Israel Set to End
It's a brave new world. And it's a long-time coming. There are now [virtually] no COVID-related restrictions in relation to traveling to...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Apr 19, 20221 min
Check out my Mount of Olives Tour in the Jerusalem Post
Recently I had the pleasure of guiding Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post on a tour of the Mount of Olives. The article was...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Feb 20, 20223 min
Israel is NOW OPEN for ALL Tourists (as of March 1)
In a major change in policy, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced today that as of March 1, tourists will NOT need to be...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jan 6, 20223 min
Israel is Opening Up to Tourism (Again)
After closing the door to tourists in late November due to the threat of the new Omicron variant, Israel has finally decided to allow in...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 22, 20219 min
Did Israel Just Finally Open Up For Tourism?
Naftali Bennett, Israel's Prime Minister, just announced yesterday that Israel will be reopening for tourism on November 1. He published...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 18, 20205 min
Spotlight on the Palestinians: Renewing Ties with Israel & Much More
In a sudden turn of events, the Palestinian Authority has agreed yesterday to restart relations with Israel after six months. This...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 3, 20201 min
Breaking News: Malawi to Open Embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi is set to become the first African country to open an embassy in Jerusalem. Currently the only countries with embassies in...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Nov 3, 20201 min
Boy from court case gets first US Passport that says Jerusalem, Israel
In a follow-up to the breaking news from this past week, the first Jerusalem-born American to have Israel listed in his passport is none...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 29, 20201 min
The Jerusalem Chords Bridge is the New Light from Zion
At the western entrance to the city of Jerusalem sits the Jerusalem Chords Bridge, designed by famed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava....
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 29, 20203 min
Breaking News: Israel to be Listed on US Passports for Jerusalem-born Citizens
One of the craziest situations we have dealt with in the theater of the absurd - also known as Middle Eastern politics - is the refusal...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 28, 20201 min
Visualize the Impossible: An Interactive Online Einstein Experience
Many of us know Albert Einstein as Time Magazine's Greatest Person of the 20th century, the founder of the theory of relativity, E=mc2,...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 27, 20202 min
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 23, 20203 min
A Top Palestinian Leader is Being Treated in an Israeli Hospital
This is a recurring theme. Palestinian leaders yell and scream about Israel and call for boycotting Israel (which in reality is not...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 19, 20203 min
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 16, 20202 min
Famed Israeli Chef Yotam Ottolenghi now has a MasterClass
Now there is an even more incredible reason to sign up for MasterClass, the online go-at-your-own-pace learning program where you learn...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Oct 9, 20201 min
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
Oct 9, 20201 min
Colorized Footage of Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate in 1897!!
Well here is a blast from the past. A 1-minute video from 1897 at Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate was just colorized and digitized. My favorite...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 22, 20201 min
Honduras to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
The diplomatic breakthroughs keep on coming around here. The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, just agreed to open an...
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Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 15, 20203 min
What are Israel's Top Architectural Wonders?
Some of the greatest architectural sites and innovations in world history happened in Israel. Rogem Hiri is a 5000 year-old megalithic...
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