Jerusalem high on new skyline
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2014
Ten years ago, Jerusalem was just starting to emerge from the Second Intifada, which scared away local residents as well as investors.
Category
jewish
Tourism to Israel reaches all-time high
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2014
Israel reported an all-time high in annual visitors in 2013.
Americans in Yemen fear kidnappings
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2013
Luke, an American photographer and editor for an English-language local newspaper, lives in one of the tall historic buildings in the city. With increased kidnappings of Westerners in Yemen, he also lives in fear.
‘Come back [to Israel] and bring a lot of people with you’
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2012
“No Shopping!” guide Nadav Kersh admonished his charges as they entered the crowded Old City of Jerusalem. “I mean it. No shopping! It’s just too easy to get lost here.”
Czech Republic surprises with Jewish treasures
Jay Firestone
October 2, 2008
Birthplace of Theodore Herzl, Franz Kafka and Sigmund Freud, this increasingly progressive country is trying to shed the specter of the Nazi and Soviet occupations and embrace its Jewish past and present to bolster tourism, an important part of its national economy.
U.S. Jewish Population Rising; California and Israel Join in Tourism Pact
Jewish Journal
December 14, 2006
Briefs
Jaffa flea market offers bargains and co-existence
Sarah Price Brown
November 16, 2006
The magic of the Jaffa Flea Market derives from both its past and present. The market began as a small bazaar in the mid-19th century. It is a rare remnant of the old Middle Eastern way of life in this modern Jewish country. But the market is also a place where Jews and Muslims work side by side as neighbors and friends.
Jews join the quest for space commerce
Adam Wills
November 2, 2006
Commercial space interests are now playing a critical role in the dawn of the second space age — one built on business ventures and international cooperation. Instead of Hilton and Pan Am, the corporate names associated with the commercialization of space include Budget Suites and Virgin.
A Swiss Family Bind — No Hotel Heirs
Adam Wills
March 24, 2005
The Hotel Edelweiss in St. Moritz and the Hotel Metropol in Arosa are Jewish sanctuaries for observant tourists, offering everything from kosher dining and space for simchas to daily religious services and snow-melt mikvahs.
New Articles
NSFW – A Poem for Parsha Metzora
Rick Lupert
April 18, 2024
Israel War Room Launches in Spanish
Kylie Ora Lobell
April 18, 2024
Modern Book Bans Echo Past Atrocities and Further Silence Marginalized Voices
Larry Bailis and Cindy Rowe
April 18, 2024
The Power of the Passover Seder to Unite Jews
Samuel J. Abrams
April 18, 2024
Dr. Nicole Saphier Reflects on Motherhood and Jewish Advocacy
Kylie Ora Lobell
April 18, 2024
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.