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Participants in the Alexander Muss High School in Israel program, July 2025 (Alexander Muss High School in Israel)
August 17, 2025, 5:31 pm
As yet another wartime summer affects travel to Israel, Jewish youth programs are pivoting
Visits to the Holy Land can be a formative experience for Diaspora Jews, but constant travel impediments in the turbulent region force trip leaders to innovate – or go elsewhere
By Zev Stub
Travelers line up at the El Al check-in and security counters at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, on June 24, 2025. (Courtesy)
June 29, 2025, 5:20 pm
Israeli travelers again face astronomical air fares for peak summer season
Most European and US airlines are still avoiding Israel after the Iran ceasefire; with few flights available, Israelis forced to buy expensive tickets from local carriers
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on May 4, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 6, 2025, 8:54 am
Au revoir western Europe: As Houthi attacks spike airfares, Israelis adjust summer plans
As many foreign carriers halt their flights to Tel Aviv, Israelis forgo popular but expensive cities in western Europe for breaks in nearby Greece, Cyprus, and Balkan countries
By Sharon Wrobel
People lounge in the AquaDome area of Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, during a media day preview as it prepares for its inaugural public voyage, January 11, 2024, in Miami. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
March 9, 2025, 8:12 am
As war brings spikes in airfare and antisemitism, cruise ships see a new wave of Israelis
With traditional vacation plans more expensive and unpredictable than ever, people desperate for a break take to the high seas in what may be an enduring trend
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon visit a restaurant in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 5:26 am
Netanyahu said to dine in Hawaii with Larry Ellison, a witness in graft trial
Report says ex-PM met with tech tycoon at a high-end sushi restaurant; Netanyahu insists he’s permitted to meet with witnesses in corruption trial
By ToI Staff
The Hawaiian island of Lanai, 98 percent of which is owned by Jewish-American billionaire Larry Ellison. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 21, 2021, 10:15 am
Netanyahu on vacation at island owned by Larry Ellison, a witness in graft trial
Ex-PM insists he and his family are paying for trip to billionaire’s Lanai in Hawaii; transportation minister also in US despite government pleas against travel abroad
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara board the plane to Washington, DC, late on September 13, 2020, to sign normalization agreements at a White House ceremony with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
August 12, 2021, 5:50 am
Defying Health Ministry recommendation, Netanyahus said set to vacation abroad
Opposition chair, wife planning to spend two weeks in US, even as COVID cases continue to spike and country inches toward lockdown; they’ll have to isolate for a week upon return
By ToI Staff
Counselors for Piece of the Puzzle, one of the 20 overnight camps taking place across Israel during July-August 2021 as part of Summer Camps Israel (Courtesy Summer Camps Israel)
June 30, 2021, 11:19 am
Israeli schools are out for the summer, time for sleepaway camp
9,000 Israeli schoolkids get to have the overnight experience at Summer Camps Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
Glamping Israel's pop-up glamping experience at the Nana vineyard in Mizpe Ramon in Israel's Negev region, during the coronavirus (Courtesy Glamping Israel)
July 10, 2020, 9:32 am
Pining for summer vacation but hobbled by the virus? Camping could be the answer
With AstroTurf campgrounds, glamping, tents and yurts, the outdoors offers options
By Jessica Steinberg
A campaign billboard of the Blue and White party in Larnaca, Cyprus. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 9, 2019, 9:09 pm
Even on vacation, Israelis can’t get away from election ads
As Israelis decamp overseas on summer trips, TV report says Blue and White, Labor putting up campaign billboards in Greece and Cyprus
By ToI Staff
One of the local contestants competing in "Ninja Israel," the Keshet show based on the popular Japanese and American versions. (Courtesy Keshet)
July 18, 2019, 11:57 pm
Ninja Park brings obstacle course challenge to four Israeli cities
Inspired by hit TV series, popular indoor entertainment park comes to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Rishon Lezion for summer 2019
By Jessica Steinberg
Bracha Goldstein
July 15, 2018, 12:57 pm
Bracha Goldstein
Running for your life is hard to forget
4 years ago, I ran with my children for the bomb shelter; I am terrified that we may need to again
Illustrative image of button battery (AntonioGuillem, iStock by Getty Images)
June 5, 2018, 8:19 pm
Sister sticks battery in baby’s nose… thinking old one had run out
Doctors safely remove object from nostril but stress the importance of ensuring young children are always supervised, especially during summer vacation
By David Sedley
Yoni Berg
August 17, 2017, 12:39 pm
Yoni Berg
Joie d’Aviv
When you hate the beach as much as he does, you don’t expect the Zionist dream to manifest between surf and sand
In this Aug. 4, 2017, photo, US President Donald Trump waves as he walks down the steps of Air Force One with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, center, and Joseph Kushner, right, after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 8, 2017, 6:18 pm
Trump has escaped Washington, but don’t call it a vacation
As White House undergoes renovations, US president stresses he is still working while staying at his private golf club
By Catherine Lucey
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