Northern Israel

The Jacob’s Ladder Folk Festival was founded in 1976 by Menachem and Yehudit Vinegrad and a few other folks who immigrated from the UK. Menachem & Yehudit still produce the festival which is held twice-yearly, in spring and in winter. It is listed as one to the 300 best festivals in the world. Jacob’s Ladder is a...

Everyone is invited  to Druze & Circassian villages in the Galilee; for a festival of Olive trees. This is the time of the year to harvest the olives. This is also the perfect time to visit the villages and enjoy a tour of daily lifestyle, tradition and religion. On Saturdays, throughout the month of November, 2014,...

Jesus Forgives a Paralyzed Man and heals him – Upon Jesus’ re-entry of the village of Capernaum, the people gathered, in large numbers, so as to listen to his preaching. Jesus had been introduced to a paralyzed man, carried by other men, as he couldn’t walk. Tradition ahs it that due to the large crows, they could nt...

Throughout recent years, exclusive accommodations have begun flourishing in Israel. Be it Spa Hotels; Luxury Hotels; small cabins (secluded or not) in rural places- “Zimmer” in Hebrew slang, or other Boutique places – all offer a taste of the exquisite. Some are based on ancient homes and houses, some are brand new; but...

Israel is covered in white! The country has been swept in a unique weather system that has brought snow, hail and much rain, to a usually  warm country, in December 2013. Aside the beauty of the scenery; the children playing outside in the snow (and the closed schools…), many houses in the north as well as in Jerusalem...

The detention camp was established at the end of the 1930’s, by the British Mandate authorities- during the time period when they had governed Palestine. It is located some 20 kilometers south of the city of Haifa– in the North West par of Israel. The camp had been established in order to prevent Jewish refugees, mainly...

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