Israel has granted a certain amount of autonomy to the Palestinians, but with significant restrictions. The West Bank of the Jordan River is divided i...
Israel feels as affluent as the USA. There is the ever-present security dimension of the country, which is hard to escape but after a while becomes ro...
The second Jewish Diaspora began in A.D. 70. That's when the Roman Empire defeated the Jewish rebels at Masada, then destroyed the main Jewish temple ...
While insulting and humiliating to Palestinians, Israelis believe the wall, along with the many police checkpoints associated with it, has thwarted thousands of terrorist acts.
It's hard to really imagine the extermination of six million people. And it's hard to imagine that roughly a quarter of these people, slaughtered like...
Recently, for the first time, Israel's population has passed 6 million. That's significant because it's greater than the number of Jews killed in the ...
The religious scene in Jerusalem is complicated even for tourists. Before planning our day, my guide asked me my religion. Local guides know that, a...
Before Columbus and the illustrious class of 1500, many maps of the world showed Jerusalem as the center of the world. Jerusalem -- holy, treasured, a...
For Israel, simply surviving is serious business. More and more Israeli Jews, along with people around the world who care about peace in the Middle Ea...
Sitting down to our first lunch in Israel, in the Crusader town of Akko, we were treated to a typical and colorful array of mezze-style plates: deligh...
Tourism is a big part of Israel's economy. And much of that is Christian tourism: mostly bus tours of Americans visiting sights from Jesus' three-year...
During my visit, Israel was celebrating 65 years as a nation. There were flags everywhere. For me, a highlight of my Israel visit was gaining an appre...
The Israeli coast from Tel Aviv to the border of Lebanon is dotted with interesting sights. The thriving city of Haifa is home to the main temple of the Baha'i Faith.
Imagine walking in dark long corridors that lead into 15 colorful rooms, each one is different from the other. Imagine opening each room's door, not knowing what to expect. But each room is a marvelous surprise. This is how I felt while I was shooting Alma Hotel.
For a small, ocean-loving subset of visitors, this dusty corner of the Middle East is renowned for more than political turmoil. Every year, from February to May, the coral reef off Eilat's coast is an unparalleled place to spot some of the planet's strangest, most beautiful animals: nudibranchs, or tiny, jewel-like sea slugs. While the words "sea slug" probably don't ignite your imagination like "great white shark" or "blue whale," there may not be more spectacular critters in the entire ocean.
I spent both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at 37,000 feet, wondering if I could catch a glimpse of a man with reindeer on a sled on the 24th or celebrate the stroke of midnight several times as we traversed the east to west time zones as 2012 came to a close.
Through his Zionism and his love of helping people discover that same beauty and inspiration that he found in Israel 30 years ago, Larry Ritter is doing his part to keep Israel's tourism industry vibrant and strong.
In the eight day period between the first hostilities and the Nov. 21 signing of a cease-fire agreement between the Israeli government and Hamas, tour...
Chic and trendy outdoors cafes, boutique hotels, gourmet restaurants, fashionable boutiques, bakeries, bars, dance bars, an exciting night life scene, new museums, parks, beaches and simply lively people.
Our lives are increasingly contained on our digital devices, which makes travel -- and the decisions we make about what to carry with us -- increasingly complicated.
Despite being a rabbi's daughter, I had never been to Israel before -- unless you count the fact that I was conceived on an Israeli kibbutz 40+ years ago.
JERICHO, West Bank -- Located between Jerusalem and Jericho, the Judean Desert provided an inspiration to thousands of hermits who lived here in the e...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Tel Aviv has long been a gay paradise, one of the few places in the Middle East where gays feel free to walk hand-in-hand and kiss...
Sadly, of course, Gross is not unique. I know other American Jews for whom Israel has no meaning, no calling. They'll travel to the ends of the earth -- from Tibet to Timbuktu, from Botswana to Bali -- but always skip Israel.
Daniella Cheslow, Associated Press CAPERNAUM, Israel -- A new trail across northern Israel offers travelers the chance to walk – or trot – thro...
