ISRAEL

Bird Watching Fans Flock to Israel
Bird watching enthusiasts from around the world arrive in Israel in March to see hundreds of millions of birds make their way to back from Africa to Europe...

Israel Festival of Music & Performing Arts Debuts May 25, 2007
This year's 46th-annual Israel Festival of music and performing arts reveals a multicultural banquet of dance, opera, classical, contemporary, jazz and world music and theater in Jerusalem, Holon, Haifa, and Tel Aviv...

Israel's Negev Desert Blooms with Spring Color
Thanks to tender loving care and the methodical cultivation of this formerly arid soil, flaming fields of red anemones now carpet what was until recently sand dunes and wasteland...

Ancient Jewish Community Revealed as New Light Rail Is Planned for Jerusalem
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Jewish village that existed in northeast Jerusalem after the destruction of the Second Temple in the first century...

EL AL Offers All-Inclusive 7-Night Israel Package from $1,599
The tour includes tours to must-see historical and religious sites in Israel. Tour departures are offered on Wednesdays from New York (JFK/Newark), now through February 2008...

World Assembly of Choirs in Israel
July 30 - August 9, 2007
Thousands of choral singers from all over the world will gather again in Jerusalem for the 21st Zimriya, July 30 - August 9, 2007...

Jacob's Ladder Festival Coming to Sea of Galilee
Jacob's Ladder Festival is a unique musical and social event for lovers of all aspects of folk music from Bluegrass to World music, from Irish jigs to Country Rock and from Blues to Renaissance....

EL AL Israel Airlines Boosts Miami and Los Angeles Service to Tel Aviv
Starting March 25, 2007, EL AL will increase service between Miami and Tel Aviv from two to three flights each week...

Jerusalem King David Hotel Turns 75
As the legendary King David Hotel celebrates its 75th anniversary, one thing is clear: This statuesque address has earned its bragging rights...

Join an Archaeological Dig This Summer
Shake out your shovel, grab a hat with a big visor and consider joining one of the many major archaeological excavations scattered throughout the land of Israel this summer. Work in the very same soil where King David walked and where Jesus trod...

Dubi Roman: My Photographic Journey
Israeli impressionistic photographer Dubi Roman takes raeders on a photographic journey of Israel...

California-Israel Tourism Commission Established
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Israel's Minister of Tourism, Isaac Herzog, have signed an agreement in Los Angeles establishing the California-Israel Tourism Commission...

Haifa, Israel's Port City, Home to 'Eighth Wonder of the World'
Israel's third largest city, Haifa is majestically set on a broad natural Mediterranean bay, characterized by terraced landscaping, picture postcard panoramic views, great beaches and a bustling port...

El Al Launches the Only Los Angeles-Tel Aviv Non-Stops
EL AL, Israel's national airline, launches the only nonstop service between Los Angeles and Tel Aviv on July 23, offering West Coast travelers convenient departure and arrival times...

Masada: Israel's Royal Citadel
I first arrived from Ein Gedi, driving along the western bank of the Dead Sea. Even though it was December, the sun and the low altitude conspired to keep us hot. I remembered the pictures I had seen of people floating in the same seawaters, buoyed by the salinity...

Gems in Israel Offers Unique Tours
Gems in Israel specializes in offering a variety of unique tours for independent
travelers and groups visiting Israel...

Israel Holiday Tours for Lovers of Archaeology
If you are planning a trip to Israel, the Israeli newsletter Gems in Israel has added two new listings to their extensive tours of Israel...

Carmel Forms Handcrafted Olive Oils of Israel
Israel's Carmel Winery has announced the formation of 'Handcrafted Olive Oils of Israel,' a new consortium of olive oil producers which will operate alongside 'Handcrafted Wines of Israel' ...

On the Trail of Israel's Boutique Wineries
Carmel Winery of Israel, the country's largest winery, has closed agreements with some of Israel's leading boutique wineries to represent them in export markets…

Israel's Wine Awakening: Where Antiquity Merges with the Present
Golan Tishbi of Tishbi Estate Winery speaks passionately about the unfolding drama of Israel’s wine awakening...

Jerusalem’s Own ‘Little Soho’ Neighborhood
Jerusalem's famous windmill rises above the city like a trusty beacon in the pleasant neighborhood of Yemin Moshe, Hebrew for 'the right hand of Moses...'

Israel’s Vegetarian Retreat
Near the Sea of Galilee
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to fall in love with Amirim. Indeed, most of the vacationers who stay at this idyllic vegetarian retreat in the Upper Galilee woods know very little about vegetarianism...