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2022-11-23 06:10
The siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War, in which the Roman army captured the city of Jerusalem and… Read More
2022-10-25 07:33
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2022-08-07 11:40
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2022-06-19 08:05
Dos And Don’ts When in Israel and Travel Tips for Israel
If you ever travel to Israel – here’s how to increase your experience, safety and save money! Read our dos and don… Read More
2022-06-13 12:43
The Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery is in Umm al-Fahm, Israel. It’s the Israeli–Arab art gallery, run by artist Sayid Abu Shaqra.
The gallery was founded… Read More
2022-06-08 10:14
Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest continuously practiced religions, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism… Read More
2022-06-02 10:51
The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries, or Jewish exodus from Arab countries, was the departure, flight, expulsion, evacuation and migration of 8… Read More
2022-05-23 07:46
Siebenberg House (מוזיאון בית זיבנברג) is a museum below a house on 5 Beit HaS… Read More
2022-05-17 12:56
The Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum is a museum located in the Diamond Exchange District, Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. The perma… Read More
2022-05-03 09:44
The Egged History Center, in Holon, presents more than 60 buses that have been lovingly collected, built and renovated, and which reflect nearly seventy years of public transport in Eretz Is… Read More
2022-04-28 06:09
The Bible Lands Museum is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, Israel, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible, among them the ancient Sume… Read More
2022-03-21 09:33
The Qassam Museum in Sderot, Israel displays one type of object: the Qassam rockets that Palestinians have fired into Israel. There are thousands of them. Since June, 2007 Hamas has governed… Read More
2022-03-14 10:15
Judaism and Buddhism. The former is a monotheistic faith built on faith God, the Torah, and the idea of free will. Judaism emerged in the Levant around 3,300 years ago. The latter is a… Read More
2022-03-03 09:48
The Prehistoric Man Museum (Upper Galilee Museum of Prehistory) , founded by Amnon Assaf, is a museum of prehistory in Kibbutz Ma’ayan Baruch, Israel. This gem… Read More
2022-02-22 08:21
The Jaffa Museum is an amazing piece of history. Hovering atop a hill in the Old Jaffa quarter near the sea, the building itself is from the Ottoman Empire, and is built on top of a 11th -ce… Read More
2022-02-07 08:47
The Petah Tikva Museum of Art is an art museum in Arlozorov Street, Petah Tikva, Israel. The museum is part of Petah Tikva’s Museum Complex. Most of the art at… Read More
2022-01-31 14:18
Hinduism and Judaism are among the oldest existing religions in the world. The two share some similarities and interactions throughout both the ancient and mode… Read More
2022-01-28 09:03
The Jerusalem Tax Museum was established by the State Revenue Administration of the Ministry of Finance in 1964. The original offices were on Agron Street before relocating in 2006 to its cu… Read More
2022-01-17 08:05
In Arad, a city in southern Israel, there is a famous glass museum presenting the works of the resident artist Gidon Fridman. The Arad Glass Museum is interesting. It is a lovely family… Read More
2022-01-09 11:25
The Ashdod Museum of Art is located in the center of Ashdod, Israel, near the marina. The museum holds exhibitions of Israeli and international contemporary art. The muse… Read More
2022-01-02 10:12
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Hebrew: יד לאיש הספורט היהוד… Read More
2021-12-27 08:30
A converso was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly during the 14th and 15th cen… Read More
2021-12-23 12:58
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, located facing the entrance to Beit Shemesh in the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh, is a unique institution that is part zoo, part natur… Read More
2021-11-29 10:58
Israel Railway Museum is the national railway museum of Israel, located in Haifa. The railway museum is located at the Haifa East Railway Station which nowadays… Read More
2021-11-21 08:40
Farkash Gallery houses the largest collection in the world of vintage historical Israeli posters. The collection contains posters from time period ranging from pre-state Israel (th… Read More
2021-11-18 07:49
This is Israel’s first museum devoted to architecture puts spotlight on the Bauhaus style. In 2014, the Munio Gitai Weinraub Architecture Museum opened in Haifa, dedicated to Weinraub… Read More
2021-11-14 10:43
Astrology has been a topic of debate among Jews for over 2000 years. While not a Jewish practice or teaching as such, astrology made its way into Jewish thought, as can be see… Read More
2021-11-09 10:57
The Nahum Gutman Museum of Art is an art museum located in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv.The Museum resides in the historical Writers’ Home, which was built in 1887 by… Read More
2021-10-25 09:40
The Bauhaus Foundation in Tel Aviv, Israel, has a private museum on the ground floor of a building built in the International Style in 1934, located on 21… Read More
2021-10-17 08:41
The Moshe Stekelis Museum exhibits the prehistoric cultures of the Land of Israel. Two exhibits deal with submerged settlements: the prehistoric villages discovered off the Ca… Read More
2021-10-11 16:33
A unique museum in Israel, with magnificent original sculpturesThe museum is recommended as a tourism site for visitors from Israel and the world. Museum featuring bronze, porcelain, paper… Read More
2021-10-03 08:39
On top of a hill, overlooking the wide Hefer Valley and the Sharon, stands an impressively beautiful structure, housing the Beit Hagdudim (Battalions Museum) Museum. The museum was establish… Read More
2021-09-19 11:15
The Friends of Zion Museum is a museum in the historic Nahalat Shiv’a neighborhood of downtown Jerusalem. The museum celebrates Christian Zionists and the… Read More
2021-09-12 08:54
The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan was established in 1987 and ever since exhibits Israeli Art at different disciplines including painting, sculpting, photography, and two and three dimens… Read More
2021-09-01 08:26
The Yemenite Jewish Heritage Center and the Israeli Communities. in Rehovot. includes permanent exhibitions and unique activities for disseminating and preserving the heritage of Yemenite Je… Read More
2021-09-01 06:12
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art and Heritage (AMOCAH or AMOCA) in Sakhnin is the first Arab museum of Contemporary Art, established in Israel. It was founded by two Israeli ar… Read More
2021-08-24 10:21
Bloomfield Science Museum is a science museum in Jerusalem established in 1992. The museum is located opposite the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Gi… Read More
2021-08-16 06:20
The Black Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem is a spiritual group now mainly based in Israel, who believe they are descended from the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Black Hebrew Israeli… Read More
2021-08-10 07:56
Here are 10 Similarities Between Islam and Judaism that will surprise you. The religious practices of and core beliefs of Jews and Muslims are sometimes identical. The similarities are prett… Read More
2021-08-04 09:05
Eilat’s Coral Beach Nature Reserve (שמורת טבע חוף האלמוגים)… Read More
2021-07-25 05:41
Ein Uzan – עין אוזן is an attraction of nature and animals in Bar Giora. When standing in front of the heavy thicket of the Pistacia lentiscus… Read More
2021-07-20 07:01
Archaeological Museum At Kibbutz Ein Dor
The Ein Dor Archaeological Museum was established by the members of Kibbutz Ein Dor in 1986 in order to house the antiquities discover… Read More
2021-07-11 08:49
In 2002, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority established a 130-dunam national park in the area, known as Horvat Beit Itab – בית עיט”……Read More
2021-07-04 14:51
The Bar-David Museum, dedicated to arts and Judaica. It is located in Kibbutz Baram, on the Israeli northern border, two kilometres from the Ancient Synagogue in “Baram National Park&r&hell…Read More
2021-06-29 12:53
Beit Terezin Museum or Beit Theresienstadt (German: Haus Theresienstadt) is a research and educational institution that opened in 1975 in Kibbutz Givat Haim (Ihud)… Read More
2021-06-21 08:18
Sha’ar HaGolan is a Neolithic archaeological site near Kibbutz Sha’ar HaGolan in Israel. The typical site of the extinct Yarmukian c… Read More
2021-06-15 08:47
Jewish communities have existed across the Middle East and North Africa since Antiquity. By the time of the Muslim conquests of the 7th century, these… Read More
2021-06-08 13:00
Gan HaGat, – literally in Hebrew “Wine Press Garden,” is a hidden Tel Aviv gem the old and new of Israel. Wedged between city buildings and accessible only by a small… Read More
2021-05-30 15:39
20th century Muslims scholars and Western Orientalists had a problem explaining how Mecca got its wealth, since it is in such an arid place, and far from anywhere important. How could such a… Read More
2021-05-20 14:11
This Jay Smith lecture begins with research carried out by Dan Gibson between 1979 and 2004, where he went to over 100 early 7th – 8th century mosques, and tabulated (using modern Aste… Read More
2021-05-09 08:25
Introduction to the Sea of Galilee, Golan Heights (Bashan), Hulah Valley and Mount Hermon. Includes aerial drone footage of biblical locations.
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee… Read More
2021-05-03 15:20
The Museum on the Seam is a socio-political contemporary art museum located in a neo-classical building on the geographic seam line between East and West of Jerusalem, in… Read More
2021-04-28 06:19
Derech Hapesalim is a lovely trail in the Zora Forest near the city of Bet Shemesh. Along Route 44 off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway 1 you will find a collection of artworks of the Sculptur… Read More
2021-04-19 13:29
Back in 2016 Jay Smith lecture at Kensington Temple (KT) on the historical emergence of Islam. This, then is the first part of his lecture (40 minutes long), which is followed in a few days… Read More
2021-04-06 15:27
The city of Ekron (עֶקְרוֹן – عقرون), in the Hellenistic period kn… Read More
2021-03-31 08:19
Ottoman Beersheba – Bir Seb’a – بئر السبع
The “Old City ” is the nickname of the Ott… Read More
2021-03-04 07:31
In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley. Everything about the Elvis American Diner, located about 12 miles outside Jerusalem, celebra… Read More
2021-02-14 13:45
The Honey Bee Hive House is one of the cool, hidden, and unusual things to do in East Jerusalem, Israel. After the Six Day War, the Housing Ministry sponsored the construction of neighborhoo… Read More
2021-01-28 07:09
Beit Jann (بيت جن – בֵּיתּ גַ’ן) is a Druze village on Mou… Read More
2021-01-20 07:35
Set in the heart of a huge natural forest, overlooking breathtaking scenery, Deer Land Park awaits you in Gush Etzion, overlooking HaEla Valley, south of Jerusalem. The park offers a wide va… Read More
2021-01-12 08:49
The Cochin Jewry Heritage Center incorporates Jewish tradition and exotics: learning about the rich heritage of the Cochin Jewry and its customs. Visiting the museum includes original artifa… Read More
2021-01-03 11:42
Gvulot (גְּבוּלוֹת) means “Borders”. This is a kibbutz in the north-western Negev … Read More
2020-12-26 16:49
The Ha-Masrek (Comb) Reserve got its name from the Jerusalem pine trees that grow at its summit and remotely resemble the shape of a hair comb stuck in its head. Probably the first to give t… Read More
2020-12-18 11:09
Kibbutz Dalia is famous for dance, art, and sculpture. Kibbutz resident Nathan Ezra Yenuka created a sculpture garden focusing on art in motion to express the spirit of the place. The 2… Read More
2020-12-14 11:33
Caesarea Underwater Archaelological Park is the first Underwater Archaeological Park in Israel and around the world! The park was built by researchers from the University of Haifa together w… Read More
2020-12-06 10:36
Neot Smadar (נְאוֹת סְמָדַר) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Arava… Read More
2020-12-01 12:39
The Desert Embroidery Project and Lakiya Negev Weaving Project programs have become declared tourist sites, turning small trade craft into a full-blown heritage site.
Given the disp… Read More
2020-11-26 14:00
Tel Kabri – תֵל כַבְרִי – تَلْ ألْقَهو……Read More
2020-11-22 15:27
Hurshat Tal (חורשת טל) is a national park and nature and recreation resort and reserve in the northern Israel. The law… Read More
2020-11-17 14:50
Ilana Goor Museum (מוזיאון אילנה גור) is an museum situated in the historical part of &hell…Read More
2020-11-13 04:40
The Gottesman Etching Center (Cabri Print Center) was founded in 1993 at Kibbutz Cabri in a distinctive Western Galilee landscape overlooking mountains and sea. The Center is… Read More
2020-11-10 12:32
The Ades Synagogue, (בית הכנסת עדס), also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community… Read More
2020-11-06 11:22
The road from Jericho to Jerusalem, with its flourishing oasis, was a strategic crossroads in the road network of the ancient Holy Land. The road leading to and from Jericho—used… Read More
2020-11-03 04:49
Museum of Underground Prisoners is a museum in Jerusalem commemorating the activity of the three Jewish undergrounds -Haganah, Irgun and Lehi—during the Briti… Read More
2020-10-29 07:54
This is an on-line guide to Israel to help you plan your trip to Israel – when covid 19 will allow. All you need to know about food, landscapes, flight, sites, hotels, transporta… Read More
2020-10-26 10:25
Tel Hadid is located on an isolated hill, 147 metres above sea level south of on the bank of Wadi al-Natuf a tributary of Naḥal Ayalon. It overlooks the central coastal plain of I… Read More
2020-10-22 15:05
Atlit-Yam provides the earliest known evidence for an agro-pastoral-marine subsistence system on the Levantine coast. Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of Atl… Read More
2020-10-19 15:39
Achzivland is a micronation, the brainchild of Eli Avivi, an Iranian-born Jew, whose family moved to Palestine in the 1930s. In 1952, Avivi settled near the ancient port… Read More
2020-10-16 03:12
Hermit House is an earthen residence situated on the limestone cliff under Apollonia National Park overlooking the Mediterranean near the Sidna Ali Mosque in Herzliya, 15… Read More
2020-10-14 08:29
At the end of the 1980s, Kfar Saba-born, New York-raised Jake Leibovitz, an American businessman who lives in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Rehavia, launched a plan to build “Beve… Read More
2020-10-10 17:43
The site of the Manahat – Malha Caananite Bronze Age village is situated on the southern slopes of a hill – Giv’at Massua – near the bank of Nahal Refa’im (Heb… Read More
2020-10-01 07:54
Nebi Samwil – النبي صموئيل is the site of a Biblical town and a Crusader fortress. A succession of buildings were… Read More
2020-09-22 08:54
Securing their trade routes, the Nabateans built Byzantine Churches in the Negev in stations on the the main routes at Kurnub (Mamshit), Shivta and Avdat.
Nabateans
In the first centur… Read More
2020-09-17 07:50
Kiryat Sefer was a Jewish Village with a Synagogue in the Second Temple Period. Kiryat Sefer, now called Modi’in Illit, is located some 25 km. east of Tel Aviv, on a hill near the anc… Read More
2020-09-13 15:38
Located in the western Negev, some 25 km. west of Be’er Sheva, Horvat Be’er Shema (חורבת באר שמ… Read More
2020-09-11 09:58
A stone’s throw from the Jordan River is a conical mound of stones from side to side in the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret). Israeli scientists puzzle over how an ancient ston… Read More
2020-09-07 08:05
Graffiti in Israel: Israel’s Street Art covers the city’s street art and graffiti scene, which serves as a unique expression of the nation’s geographical location, cultural… Read More
2020-09-02 11:04
The history of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula dates back to Biblical times. The Jewish tribes of Arabia were ethnic groups professing the Jewish fa… Read More
2020-08-31 06:43
Ashdod Sand Dune Park: Sand dunes once dominated the coast of Israel with 462 square kilometres of dunes, of which over three-quarters were south of Tel Aviv. To date the… Read More
2020-08-24 15:42
The tell of Khirbet Kerak was at certain times the site of two twin towns, Bet Yerah and Sinnabris. The Jerusalem Talmud mentions Bet Yerah as sitting alongside Sinn… Read More
2020-08-14 09:45
History of the Jews in the United Arab Emirates
Jews had historical and modern presence over the millennia in the Middle East and in the United Arab Emirates UAE. There are recorded… Read More
2020-08-09 06:35
Avshalom Cave also known as Soreq Cave – مغارة سوريك or Me’arat HaNetifim, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the we… Read More
2020-08-05 10:32
Pan-Arab Colors in Arab flags are red, black, white and green (Pan-Arab colors); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.
Pan-Arab Colors… Read More
2020-08-02 05:52
Nahal Mishmar (נחל משמר) or Wadi Mahras (مَحْرَس) is a small seasonal stream in the Ju… Read More
2020-07-21 05:53
IsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers: #15 Unresolved
In the last episode of Israel-Palestine For Critical Thinkers, Richard Bass summarizes issues that remain unsettled in the peace negotia… Read More
2020-07-12 07:39
The Orson Hyde Memorial Garden is a 5.5 acre park, containing natural woodlands, on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. The park features a 150-seat stone… Read More
2020-07-08 08:06
The Shephelah of Judah. The Shephelah of Judah plays an important role as a buffer zone on Jerusalem’s western flank. Many biblical incidents, including those in the life of Samson and… Read More
2020-07-05 11:04
The Jezreel Valley is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District of Israel. It is bordered to the north by the highlands of the Lower Gali… Read More
2020-07-03 14:13
Jerusalem is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea on the southern spur of a plateau in the &helli…Read More
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