Wednesday, April 10, 2013

2 museums trace Israel’s peace process

by Michele Chabin, Contributing Writer

Which experiences led former prime ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin — once considered hawks — to attempt to make peace with Israel’s. . .

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Beresheet Hotel: A Desert Dream

By Elyse Glickman

When the Beresheet hotel opened for business two years ago in the Negev Desert, Israeli President Shimon Peres was reported to say at the grand. . .

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Finding jewels of Judaism on Italy’s Adriatic coast

By Anita K. Kantrowitz

It’s a foggy fall morning, and standing atop Mount Cardeto on the east coast of central Italy, I can barely make out the deep blue of the Adriatic. . .

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Haifa a many-faceted jewel

By Elyse Glickman

Visiting Americans often compare Haifa with San Francisco for its hilly landscape and trendy, artsy neighborhoods, or Boston for its mix of academia. . .

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

‘Feel the rhythm’ of Jamaica’s Judaism [PHOTOS]

By Roberto Loiederman

The first thing you notice at Shaare Shalom Congregation in Kingston, Jamaica is the sand on the floor, softening the sound of your footsteps as you. . .

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Casino in the shuk

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

On the other side of town, inside Mahane Yehuda Market, today’s Casino de Paris picks up where the British Mandate period left off. Once a popular. . .

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

A kiss of the grape — and other adult libations — in Jerusalem

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

Wine bars, a new twist on an old theme, are drawing huge numbers of clientele in most metropolitan cities. What about the Holy City?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

City of Lights sparkles with Jewish life

by Curt Leviant and Erika Pfeifer Leviant

Paris, the City of Lights, also brims with the bright light of Jewry. Jewish history stretches back more than 2,000 years in France, and Jewish life. . .

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Rebirth of Jewish life in Berlin

by Norman Sklarewitz

Once the infamous Berlin Wall came down in 1989, the sweeping reconstruction that began in West Berlin at the war's end,was repeated and even. . .

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Up close and personal with the TSA

by Monica Osborne

Recent days have been full of continually unfolding reports about a new intercepted underwear bomb intended to be carried aboard a U.S.-bound plane. . .

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Israeli hotels showcase a summer medley of adventures

by Steve Walz, Contributing Writer

Spurred by a record-breaking number of foreign tourists who visited the Holy Land during the first quarter of 2012, Israel’s burgeoning hotel. . .

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Visitors centers offer a warm welcome

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

If you’ve already visited Israel, you know that the hospitality is legendary. Everyone, it seems, has a friend or cousin somewhere that you should. . .

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

At Passover, let my people go south

by Ben Harris, JTA

Passover celebrates the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, their wandering in the desert for 40 years, and their ultimate deliverance. . .

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Get hot: Soothe your soul at Israeli hot springs

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

That Tel Aviv and Los Angeles are located on almost the same latitude is not the only parallel between these two metropolises. Near both locales,. . .

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Spice up your Jerusalem experience

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

Even though the sap begins to rise on Tu B’Shevat, colder temperatures continue can drag on in Jerusalem for weeks, if not months. That means. . .

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Winter brings out Israel’s unique charms

by Steve Walz

Despite being about the size of New Jersey, Israel has a winter season that offers tourists a unique opportunity to experience the country’s. . .

Thursday, October 20, 2011

TRIBE Life: Game on

by Elyse Glickman

While urban hubs Cape Town and Johannesburg are home to thriving Jewish communities, with members whose personal convictions helped shape. . .

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

One People Under a Sukkah

by Leah Koenig, The Forward

If I have one wish for Sukkot, my favorite Jewish holiday, it’s this: no more plastic fruit. Each year, Jewish people are commanded to fulfill the. . .

Monday, October 3, 2011

El Al to charge for second bag on Israel trips

JTA

El Al Airlines soon will be charging $70 for the second piece of luggage checked on coach seats to and from Israel.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Jerusalem lodging boasts refined eatery, spa

by Michele Chabin, Contributing Writer

JERUSALEM — It had been years since I’d ventured any farther than the lobby of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, so when I received an invitation to. . .

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Jerusalem through fresh eyes

by Menachem Z. RosenSaft

Many of us who travel frequently to Israel risk becoming jaded.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

U.S. entrepreneurs brewing something special in Israel

by Steve Walz

It would be almost impossible to believe that an inventive Washington, D.C., caterer who created culinary events for Presidents Bill Clinton and. . .

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

For business or pleasure, hotels rolling out red carpets

by Steve Walz, Contributing Writer

The emergence of Israel on the global high-tech stage as a “start-up nation,” combined with the growing number of international business and. . .

Monday, September 12, 2011

In Sicily, Jews reach out to Inquisition-era forgotten Jews

by Alex Weisler, JTA

On her deathbed, Salvatore Zurzolo's grandmother confided a long-held secret: Their family was Jewish.