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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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 21, 20203 min read


The Trailer for Shtisel Season 3 is Here - and it's Awesome!
Many of you are familiar with the hit Israeli TV show Shtisel, about the Haredi (ultra-orthodox Jewish) world in Jerusalem. After going...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 16, 20202 min read


Recap of Yesterday's Peace Accord Signing in Photos/Videos
Yesterday was a truly momentous occasion. Two Gulf Arab States, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, signed peace agreements with Israel....

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 16, 20203 min read


The Best Jewish Videos/Articles/Recipes for Rosh HaShana
With 2020 being a total mess across the board, wouldn't it be great if we could just fast forward to next year? Well, for the Jews among...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 15, 20204 min read


Tel Aviv - A History of the Trendy Culinary Hotspot
As a tour guide of Israel, and one who leads a mean Israel culinary tour at that, I would be a total fraud if I did not know the name...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 15, 20202 min read


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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 15, 20203 min read


Israel to Sign Peace Deal on Tuesday with the UAE...& Bahrain!
A month ago, just a few days after the announcement that the United Arab Emirates would be normalizing relations with Israel and signing...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 14, 20202 min read


Online Programs on Israeli Culture, Food, Religion & Politics
There is so much happening this week when it comes to Israel. Here is your experience Israel online update, courtesy of your tour guide...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 13, 20203 min read


The Great Gefilte Fish Debate (plus a recipe)
I will be honest here. The only gefilte fish debates I ever knew usually revolved around why would you want to eat that in the first...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 10, 20202 min read


Leo Messi Joins Israeli Startup to Make Glasses for the Blind
World soccer/football great Lionel Messi has joined the incredible Israeli startup OrCam, which creates glasses for the blind, as their...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 10, 20201 min read


A 2000-Year Old Date Palm Finally Becomes a Father & More...
As a tour guide of Israel, one of my favorite stories here revolves around a Jewish rebels healthy snack almost 2000 years ago when...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 10, 20202 min read


What Happens When You Find Antiquities Under Your Home?
One of the major issues in doing archaeology in Israel is that often times villages and towns in the last one hundred years have been...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 9, 20202 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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 9, 202010 min read


Anita's Ice Cream is Opening a New York City Branch
The fantastic Israeli ice cream shop, Anita's, is opening a new branch in New York City. It was supposed to have opened back in April...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 8, 20201 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...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 8, 20205 min read


Is an Old Israeli Red-Med Pipeline Poised to Control World Oil?
An old adage simply says "location, location, location." Well, due to being in the right place - and time - Israel - a land bereft of...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 7, 20202 min read


3 New Countries to Open Embassies in Jerusalem?!?!?!
The diplomatic breakthroughs just keep on coming around here. Fresh on the heels of the UAE and Israel opening up official relations -...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 7, 20203 min read


2020: The Year Israelis Took Over Major League Baseball
It is the year 2020, the year anything can happen - and it just has. For while there have been numerous Jewish baseball players over the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 7, 20202 min read


Incredible Biblical Royal Structure Found at Jerusalem's Lookout
Just down the street from my apartment (this is becoming a common refrain) an incredible find was unearthed in a archaeological dig,...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 4, 20201 min read


An Israeli Company Just Launched a Medical Research Satellite
Earlier this week, Israel launched a nano-satellite - named Dido III - into space. It was manufactured by the Israeli company...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Sep 4, 20202 min read
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