by TravelAgent | Jul 9, 2017 | Extras, Highlights, Israel News, Israel Tourism News, Israel Travel, Know Before You Go, Netanya, Photos, Sights & Sounds, Tel Aviv, Things to See/Do, Travel Tips, Trip Prep
Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea at Netanya, Israel. Many of our tour participants think only of desert sands when they think of Israel. A trip to Israel shatters so many misconceptions … Touchpoint Israel has published a nice article highlighting “8...
by TravelAgent | Jun 29, 2017 | Know Before You Go, Options, Photos, Shopping, Travel Tips
Many of our participants want to buy a shofar (ram’s horn) as a souvenir of their visit to Israel. Whether you intend to actually blow the shofar or simply display it in your home/office, this article “4 Shofar types: How to choose the perfect...
by TravelAgent | Jun 2, 2017 | Extras, Good News from Israel, Highlights, Israel News, Israel Tourism News, Israel Travel, Jerusalem, Know Before You Go, Photos, Sights & Sounds
According to a report by Abigail Klein Leichman, a national aquarium is set to open in Jerusalem this fall. The exhibit, designed by Raviv-Tal Environmental Architecture of Haifa, cost $25 million and is located on five acres next to the Jerusalem Zoo. See Ms....
by TravelAgent | May 12, 2017 | Israel Travel, Photos, Sights & Sounds
Firing range sign, warning of the dangers of being in the area. Photo: ©2017 Craig Dunning This particular sign, marks a military firing range in the desert. It also illustrates the mistaken impression that many (perhaps, most) Americans have about life in Israel....
by TravelAgent | Apr 24, 2017 | Holocaust, Israel News, Opinion, Photos, Sights & Sounds, Time Capsule
In recognition of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, I repost the following: Working with tour groups in Israel is [almost] always a blessing. It’s exciting to see visitors’ faces when, as they say in Hebrew, “the coin falls.” In other words, when...
by TravelAgent | Apr 23, 2017 | Highlights, Israel Travel, Jerusalem, Options, Photos, Things to See/Do
From sundown April 23 until sundown April 24, 2017, Israel will observe Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). During this time, the nation turns their attention toward the six million Jews who were killed at the hands of the Nazis and their accomplices. All forms...
