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Need a good beach read? Visitors to Tel Aviv's Metzizim Beach can now borrow books for reading on the sand. The city has launched the first beachside library, providing over 500 free book rentals in five languages, including English, Hebrew, Arabic, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Tel Aviv Gets First Beachside Library
Courtesy of Danielle Ziri
Need a good beach read? Visitors to Tel Aviv's Metzizim Beach can now borrow books for reading on the sand. The city has launched the first beachside library, providing over 500 free book rentals in five languages, including English, Hebrew, Arabic, ...VIDEO: What People In Jerusalem Wish For
When the news talks about the people of Jerusalem, it's usually to highlight their differences. While those certainly exist, there's more to it than that. People all have their own opinions and priorities and the folks living in Jerusalem are no exception. In this video, a ...
VIDEO: Jerusalem In 1896
Jerusalem is one of those cities that clings to you long after you leave it. The mix of faiths, the musky scents of the markets, the muezzin's call ... once you've been there you can't forget it.
It's prominent in the imaginations of many who haven't even been there, so ...
Eating With Locals The Easy Way
There was once a time when travelers were a rare species, so venturing off into foreign lands often meant being invited into the homes of generous locals where you were treated to lavish meals. This kind of thing still occasionally happens in developing countries, but ...Photo Of The Day: Israel's Negev Desert
Alexis Wiener has a gift for photography and I knew that immediately when I saw her photos from Israel on her website. This photo, an expanse of the Negev Desert from Zin Valley, is striking. Wiener's words about Israel cannot be separated from the photo itself. Beneath ...Israel Restores Ancient City
The government of Israel has just completed a $2 million restoration of the ancient Nabatean city of Avdat, The Jewish Press reports.
Avdat is in the Negev Desert and was one of the westernmost points on an extensive incense trade network the Nabateans built stretching ...Palestine, Israel In Controversy Over King Herod's Tomb
An upcoming exhibit is causing friction between Palestinians and Israelis, the Associated Press reports.
On February 13, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem will open "Herod the Great: The King's Final Journey." It will be the first exhibition dedicated to the architectural ...2700-Year-Old Temple Discovered In Israel
A construction crew planning an expansion to a highway running between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel has discovered an ancient temple believed to be more than 2700 years old. The archaeological site was unearthed last Wednesday and is part of the larger dig at Tel Motza, ...El Al Gets Creative In New Economy Plus Promo
El Al Airlines has gotten creative – and pretty hilarious – in a promo video for their new Economy Plus seating. The video, above, made us laugh, as it mocks the crazy excuses people use to get upgrades, ranging from false pregnancies to fake names.
What do ...
Discovery Adventures Announces New Tours For 2013
The calendar may still say 2012, and I know we all have a busy holiday season to navigate yet, but it is never too early to start planning our trips for the new year ahead. To help us out with that process, Discovery Adventures has announced a host of new tours and ...Mental Math: Easy Rules Of Thumb For Converting Currency
Being in a new country is full of enough culture shock – trying to remember how many dollars to the krona doesn't need to be part of it.
After all, constantly whipping out a calculator (well, a cellphone) and spending five minutes trying to figure out if that ...A Conversation With Rick Steves
Rick Steves doesn't want you to go to Orlando. For more than thirty years, Steves has been trying to sell Americans on leaving the country in his work as a tour guide, author and host of the PBS Series "Rick Steves' Europe." These days, Steves thinks that it's more important ...A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Thoughts On The Murder Of 4 American Diplomats In Libya
On Tuesday night, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, four American diplomats, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed in Libya when a rocket-propelled grenade struck their vehicle in Benghazi, Libya. They were fleeing the U.S. consulate, which was attacked by ...Photo Of The Day: Tel Aviv's Street Art
Tel Aviv's street art – in addition to sabich of course – was a highlight of my visit to Israel and the West Bank last spring. I snapped graffiti, spray-painted eggplants, political stencils and stickers.
Clearly I wasn't the only one to find this element ...Suspects Held In Holocaust Memorial Desecration
Two weeks ago we reported that the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem was vandalized. Now Israeli police have detained three men in connection with the crime.
All three are ultra-Orthodox Jews and have confessed, police said.
The front of Yad Vashem was ...Ultra-Orthodox Jews Suspected Of Vandalizing Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial
Israeli police suspect ultra-Orthodox Jews are behind Monday's vandalism at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
Anti-Zionist graffiti written in Hebrew was sprayed over several parts of the building, with lines like, "Jews, wake up, the evil Zionist regime ...Israel Border Protection Searches Tourist Emails
Najwa Doughman, a 25-year-old architect and University of Virginia graduate living in New York City, arrived in Israel on May 26 with a friend, Sasha Al-Sarabi, another UVA grad working in finance in the same city. Doughman was visiting Israel for the third time, Al-Sarabi ...Grounding Of Costa Concordia Brings New Rules For Cruise Travel
After the grounding of Costa Concordia in January, the governing organizations of the cruise industry ordered an Operational Safety Review both in response to the troubling Concordia grounding and as part of the industry's continuous efforts to review and improve safety ...Jerusalem to host their first International Ice Festival this spring
While Jerusalem, Israel, is well known for its religious traditions and sacred sites, there is actually a lot more for tourists to experience. In fact, this spring the celebration of Passover isn't the only reason to visit the city, as Jerusalem will be hosting their first ...Photo of the Day: Pomegranates in Jerusalem
Sometimes, the most hidden corners of a city are its most interesting. Take this sliver of Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter, where a small pomegranate stand, a chair, a door, a mirror, some electrical wires, and graffiti compose one of the most visually striking images in ...
