Enter the Gihon Spring in the City of David. Stand in the location where Solomon would have been anointed successor to David. Visit the Temple Mount Sifting Project and talk ...
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Hebrew Alphabet *
The Hebrew alphabet is an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Persian. An abjad is a type of writing system in which each symbol stands for a consonant, in effect leaving it ...
Read More »Eli Cohen: The Mossad’s Master Spy *
Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (6 December 1924 – 18 May 1965), commonly known as Eli Cohen, was an Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in 1961–65 in Syria, where he developed close relationships ...
Read More »Jerusalem’s Best-Kept Secret*
The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens is Jerusalem’s best-kept secret. The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (JBG), originally planned as successor to the National Botanic Garden of Israel on the Givat Ram campus of ...
Read More »Highway 1 – Tel Aviv – Jerusalem Highway *
Highway 1 is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and continuing eastwards to the Jordan Valley. The route begins as a six lane freeway in Tel Aviv at an elevation of 16 meters above sea ...
Read More »100 people from 0 to 100 years counting in Hebrew *
Maya Cohen and Tom Roes, two filmmakers from the Netherlands took three journeys to Israel to finish this video. The 98 year old lady was the last person in front ...
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The Mossad: Inside the Missions of Israel’s Elite Spy Agency – The Stuff of Legends Israel might be a small country with a revered spy agency – the Mossad. So ...
Read More »Ark of the Covenant *
The Ark of the Covenant is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it ...
Read More »Hidden gems in Jerusalem *
Hidden gems in Jerusalem: Amazing unknown sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. Most tourists visit the Wailing Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. But the Old City ...
Read More »Eid al Fitr
Did you know that today is the Muslim holiday of Eid al fitr? Eid al-Fitr is the “Festival of Breaking the Fast“, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that concludes the ...
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