Israel’s Weizmann Institute has once again been singled out by The Scientist as one of the best places in the world for academics. There are only three instruments in the world like Dr. Michal Sharon’s mass spectrometer, which vaporizes large …
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Haifa – center of the Baha’i world [video]
Haifa’s Baha’i Gardens are both a religious shrine and a lesson in diversity. Who would think that 19 terraced gardens would be the pilgrimage site for a world religion? The Baha’i Gardens at Haifa’s Mount Carmel, a UN World Heritage …
Abu Ghosh – the home of hummus [video]
A little Arab town on the road to Jerusalem has gained fame as the hummus capital of Israel after one of its residents won the lottery in Chicago.
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Expanding humanitarian aid to Africa [video]
IsraAid conference headlined by Live Aid veteran Bob Geldof and other Israeli activists working to improve conditions for Africans. Irish rock musician Bob Geldof saluted Israel’s work in helping African populations during his keynote talk at the International Conference “Israeli …
Walking with Jesus on the Gospel Trail
Israel’s newest hiking route allows Christian pilgrims to trek the same terrain where Jesus once walked. Israel’s recently inaugurated 60-kilometer Gospel Trail starts in Nazareth, where Jesus spent his early years, and ends up at the Sea of Galilee, the …
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New Orleans chefs cook up a storm in Israel [video]
Stopping to whip up a charity meal in sister city Rosh HaAyin, four celebrity chefs wined and dined their way across Israel. About 5,000 people turned out for a kosher Friday night dinner cooked by delegates of the New Orleans …
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Putting the wild back into Israel’s wildlife [video]
Thousands of wounded birds, as well as reptiles, snakes and lizards, are nursed back to health at the Israeli Wildlife Hospital in Ramat Gan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp5lNoQkTpw Hidden away in the far reaches of the popular Ramat Gan Safari park (Zoological Center …
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Inside Tel Aviv’s greatest spaces [video]
The annual weekend Houses from Within event gives the public entrée to architecturally interesting institutions, businesses and homes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjDXNebxHPM About 80,000 people came to Tel Aviv’s fifth annual Houses from Within weekend recently, which offered free guided tours of 140 …
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Israeli raptors may soon soar again [video]
Now hatching at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo: chicks of the endangered griffon vulture, soon to be released into the wild. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edm5X4eV2t0 About 15 griffon vulture eggs will hatch this year at the National Center for Artificial Incubation of Raptor Eggs, …
Tourism is booming in Israel’s Negev desert [video]
Desert tourism isn’t about scorpions and sand. Tourists will find plenty of fascinating modern and ancient attractions in Israel’s dry south.