On any given day, you can visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem and see tiny white pieces of paper sticking out of the cracks of this holy site. On these pieces of paper are prayers and words written to God by people from all around the world. As the last remains of the ancient Second Temple, this site is easily one of the most significant for the Jewish people, and thus a main...
Members of Congregation Beth Elohim from Brooklyn, NY recently were in Israel on an amazing trip led by Rabbi Andy Bachman, and organized by IsraelExperts.
See a short video directed by Greg Reitman, one of the participants.
Having spent last weekend in the Galil, based at Kfar Blum, I can attest that after a very rainy January, the Galil is even more verdant and beautiful than usual. We went on a tiyul to some of the water sources in the region.
Masada Visit this spectacular mountain refuge on the Dead Sea for Jews escaping from the Roman legions after the destruction of... read more
Caesarea The modern town of Caesarea is located mid-way between Tel Aviv and Haifa along the Mediterranean coast, on the outskirts of the... read more
Old City of Jerusalem There is nowhere else on earth where you can visit the holiest site of Judaism, one of the holiest sites of Christianity, and the... read more
Negev Desert One visit to the desert in Israel, and you will understand why Monotheism and the Jewish People were both born in the desert... read more
Sea of Galilee Israel's beautiful lake in the northern Galilee, called "Kinneret" in Hebrew, is a wonderland of nature, history and... read more
Tel Aviv Israel's largest city, founded over a hundred years ago on the sand dunes of the Sharon Plain, Tel Aviv is the... read more