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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

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Sue Surkes prepares to dive off the platform and glide along Jerusalem's zipline, Augut 26, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 30, 2024, 8:18 am
New zip line over East Jerusalem offers end-of-summer adrenaline rush
The country’s longest such attraction is the latest in a string of projects created by the right-wing City of David Foundation — all over the Green Line
By Sue Surkes
The Abraham Hostel in Tel Aviv in an undated photo. (Mike Yudin)
July 25, 2024, 11:03 am
Abraham Group become 1st Israeli chain certified by Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Group’s four hostels rewarded by US-based organization for commitment to sustainability, supporting local community, enhancing cultural heritage, and protecting environment
By Sue Surkes
The new visitor's center at the Einot Zukim (Ein Feshkha) nature reserve on the northern Dead Sea, southern Israel. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2024, 10:29 am
Dead Sea oasis’s new visitor complex showcases efforts to save unique ecosystem
Einot Zukim Nature Reserve – also known by its Arabic name Ein Feshkha – has a new standout desert-life education center that blends in with the surrounding cliffs
By Sue Surkes
A group of observant Jewish men, mostly from New York and Brooklyn, visit Kibbutz Kfar Aza, close to the Israeli border with Gaza, January 3, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
January 5, 2024, 3:34 pm
Kibbutz Kfar Aza, devastated on October 7, becomes a grim place of pilgrimage
Groups of Americans seen alongside soldiers, researchers, friends of the dead, parents of serving soldiers, and curious onlookers who want to ‘feel close’ to what happened
By Sue Surkes
Citizens of Paros, Greece, feel deprived of their beach amid the explosion of beach privatization, and often make signs such as the one pictured here in August 2023. (Romain Chauvet)
September 30, 2023, 7:39 am
Israelis in Greece are taking a stand – against a tourist takeover of their new home
While tourism accounts for 25% of the Greek GDP, the Towel Movement is fighting rising prices and overcrowding, and sabra expats are on the front lines
By Romain Chauvet
A view from the Malkiya Overlook. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 17, 2023, 9:16 am
A land with a view: Visit these scenic Israeli overlooks featuring audio guides
Scattered throughout the country’s mountains and hills are hundreds of lookout points with histories both modern and ancient. Here are just a few of them
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Steve Gray, a member of Kibbutz Hanaton, stands in an ancient mikveh moved to the kibbutz. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 12, 2023, 7:46 am
Immerse yourself in the Holy Land’s history by visiting these ancient ritual baths
Essential to Jewish religious life, mikvehs can be found throughout Israel — and some tell captivating tales of life millennia ago
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Women pose for a group photo with wind catchers ("badir" in Persian) dotting the skyline behind, on a rooftop in Iran's central city of Yazd on July 3, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 19, 2023, 10:01 am
Shunned by Western tourists, Iran looks to attract visitors from its neighbors
Industry contracted by over 50% between 2019 and 2022, largely due to sanctions, fear of arbitrary arrests; instead, Tehran aims to boost tourism from Gulf, Armenia, Azerbaijan
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
Church of 'Our Lord in the Attic' (Rebeka Mell/Our Lord in the Attic)
June 28, 2023, 5:21 am
Why a church in Amsterdam’s Red Light District was hidden even as Jewry flourished
Catholic church Our Lord in the Attic was forced underground during Golden Age in which Dutch Jews built large synagogues in public. Now it’s nominated for Europe’s Heritage Label
By Matt Lebovic
In Sussita, a marble pillar lies next to a platform that likely once held a statue donated by a prosperous couple who moved to Caesarea. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 13, 2023, 12:18 pm
Revamped as a national park, ancient Sussita’s rich history is even more accessible
Settled 2,200 years ago and razed in an earthquake in 740 CE, the Golan Heights site changed hands numerous times over the years. It is now easier to reach for intrepid visitors
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Hasidic Jews pray near the gravesite of 'Wonder Rabbi' Yeshaya Steiner in Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, April 24, 2023. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 1:38 am
‘Wonder Rabbi’ pilgrimage brings feuds, fraud and huge potential for Hungary’s Jews
As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner’s grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village’s future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center
By Yaakov Schwartz
The tomb of Benjamin son of Jacob in Kfar Saba. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 15, 2023, 9:16 am
Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims to these holy tombs across Israel
Supplicants flock from far and wide to pray at the graves of prophets and scholars from the ancient Holy Land. Here is a guide to some of the commonly visited revered sites
By Aviva Bar-Am
Joseph Fischer in Saudi Arabia for the World Travel and Tourism Council global summit in December 2022. (Courtesy)
January 4, 2023, 4:33 am
Does an Israeli tourism expert’s Saudi Arabia trip hint at possibly warming ties?
When Israeli dual-national Joseph Fischer learned a global hospitality summit was being held in Riyadh, he inquired about attending. He wasn’t refused
By Tal Schneider
Andrea de Caires, left, shown with her husband Salvador, is one of two known Jews in the English-speaking nation. (Courtesy of de Caires) via JTA
December 8, 2022, 4:30 am
In the tiny South American nation of Guyana, two Jews enjoy a tradition of tolerance
The impoverished country of 800,000 boasts rich cultural diversity, and though its Jewish residents may not be many, they are made to feel welcome from the government level on down
By Seth Wikas
People bathe in the Deas Sea near a resoirt in Ein Bokek, November 2022. (Yuriy Komarov via iStock by Getty Images)
December 6, 2022, 4:57 pm
Israel welcomes over 2 million tourists in 2022 amid steady post-COVID recovery
Vacationing Israelis outpace foreign tourists in hotel stays as number of rooms increases sharply
By Danielle Nagler
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