Ethnographic Museum “Treasures in the Walls” This unique museum, Otzrot BaHoma or Treasures in the Walls, is located within the north-eastern walls of old Acre, originally built by the Ottoman ruler of the area, Ahmed ...
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Port of Caesaria
The old port – Herod’s Harbor Once the site of a Phoenician port, over the course of 12 years Herod built Caesarea (Keysarya or Caesaria) into the grandest city other than Jerusalem in Judaea, ...
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Minharot Hakotel When I recommend a visit to the Kotel Tunnels, I know what I am talking about. My co-editor of Israelandyou was a guide there for several years. I ...
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1. Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art is a municipal museum, one of Israel's leading artistic and cultural institutions. The museum comprises various departments: The Department ...
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Holocaust Day in Israel is a fitting day to post a blog about Reuben Hecht and the Hecht Museum. Dr. Hecht immigrated to Palestine, and in 1939 ‘Etzel’ (the Revisionist Movement) ...
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OZ 77 Battle Heritage Site in Kibbutz Elrom Oz 77 is a battle heritage site in Kibbutz Elrom near the Valley of Tears (Emek HaBacha). Here, inside a cinema is screened a fascinating film which ...
Read More »Yehiam Convoy
Shayeret Yehiam The Yehiam Convoy Memorial commemorates the soldiers who fell during the Israeli War of Independence while attempting to help the besieged people of kibbutz Yehiam. It was right here where the ...
Read More »Research and Development in the Arava
The Research and Development in the Arava Valley – ערבה was initiated in 1986 in the framework of Negev-Arava R&D, aiming to serve the developmental needs of the new settlements as ...
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Um Rash Rash Um Rash-Rash was the site of a British police station between the years of 1940 and 1948. In 1949, Israeli forces reached the police station and raised ...
Read More »Beit Ussishkin Museum
View Larger Map Beit Ussishkin Museum – בית אוסישקין On my last visit to Beit Ussishkin Museum I was lucky enough to participate in a lecture by Yossi Ben ...
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