The Alek ruins are beautiful scenery set in the north of Israel near the small city of Zichron Yaakov, on route to Haifa. It is a path, in the forest designated for the entire family, ending at a pool of water, an ancient pool with running water. The path is part of the grand “Israel Trail” path. It is believed that...

During the roman reign of Palestine, between 63 BCE until 324 AD, there had been a variety of constructions that had been carried out throughout the land. One of the most outstanding ones is the water supply system – the Roman Aqueduct. It had consisted of several independent yet interconnected sets of Aqueducts,...

This natural reserve is located in the Jordan valley and is named after famous King Herod’s brother, who had ruled the Judean region- in the name of the Roman empire, during the first century BCE. Herod inherited after his brother died in battle and had established a city in his honor, at the heart of the valley. A...

The Muhraka is located on the southern slope of Mount Carmel, near the Druze village of Daliyat el-Carmel. The word Muhraka means “The place of burning”. Tradition has it that this was the very Biblical site where the prophet Elijah fought the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:16-45). According to the Jewish Bible, Elijah...

In the past three months, we have asked for your cooperation in enlisting to our forthcoming newsletter edition. Here are the three winners. We’ve received a great amount of compliance and we thank all of you for that. We are happy to be sending the first edition of the newsletter along, soon, by September 15. We had...

Daliat el-Carmel is a Druze village, set on the slopes of the Carmel Mountain, in the north of Israel, near the city of Haifa. It’s a bright fully colorful with unique hospitality to passers by as well as to tourists. The village had been founded in the 17th century by Druze from Mt. Lebanon. The village offers a...

Halvah, is one of the most common desserts in the middle east, as in other parts of the world. The dish is based on dense Tchina, in a variety of types: with peanuts, oil, or with coffee beans. Its is considered to be of oriental descent, but no one really knows. Rumour has it that it actually originated from Turkey,...

David Ben Gurion was the 1st prime minster of the state of Israel. He started his role in 1948 together along with the declaration of Independence of Israel. He was born in Poland but decided to come and live in Israel in 1906, at the age of twenty, believing that this was the land of the Jewish people and wanting to...

Saying sinkholes, in Israel, means…the sinkholes of the surrounding of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is now 1,377 feet below sea level. One of the phenomena referring to the area of the Dead Sea is the phenomena of the sinkholes. What is a sinkhole? A sinkhole is a small crater, similar to holes that open up without any...

Ein Karen is a small community in the outskirts of Jerusalem; it is an important place, mainly due to two reasons: The first is that John the Baptist is believed to have been born in Ein Karem. The second is that tradition has it that the stones that had built the Jewish second Temple’s altar, had been brought from Ein...