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Visitors can take part in a free mobile headphone dance party along the Eilat promenade. Credit: Courtesy/Elad Theater.

The best new experiences await tourists to Israel

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First, it was July 1, now it’s August, but we still don’t know for sure when individual tourists will finally be allowed back into Israel as the Delta variant and other emerging variants continue their high-speed...
Birthright Israel group in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 2021. Credit: Sami Marshak.

‘Energized and inspired’: After a year away, Birthright returns to Israel at a critical...

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They’re baaaaack! If you’re in Israel this month, you can’t miss the clusters of them downing falafel on Jerusalem’s Ben-Yehuda Street, cooling off in the Dead Sea, climbing Masada at sunrise or slipping prayers between...
Israeli-Arab rioters overturned display cabinets, threw rocks at windows, destroyed merchandise from local vendors and spilled an unknown substance on the floor of Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Western Galilee Tourist Information Center. Credit: JNF-USA.

Arab rioters in Israel damage tourism center in Akko’s multicultural Old City

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Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Western Galilee Tourist Information Center sustained significant damage overnight after it was ransacked by rioters in Israel’s northern city of Akko. The center, in the heart of Akko’s Old City, has...
Pedestrians at the Mamilla Mall in Jerusalem, April 20, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

In honor of Jerusalem Day, Israeli Tourism Ministry releases data on visitors to capital

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In honor of Jerusalem Day on Monday, the Israeli Tourism Ministry published data on visitors in the nation’s capital. In last year’s Inbound Tourism Survey (January-February 2020), tourists cited visiting Jerusalem and the city’s various...
Israelis enjoy the beach outside the Old City of Jaffa, on April 24, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

European Council advises relaxing coronavirus travel restrictions for Israeli tourists

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The European Council on Thursday added Israel to the list of countries for which E.U. members are recommended to gradually begin lifting coronavirus-related travel restrictions. Other countries on the list currently include Australia, New Zealand,...
Israeli Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, announcing Israel's new campaign for encouraging tourism from abroad, April 27, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel to start reopening to tourism, beginning in May

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Israel will begin admitting vaccinated tourists into the country at the end of May and has announced the launch of a global campaign to encourage as many people as possible to visit this year,...
Birthright Israel participants hike up Masada, Israeli flag in hand. Credit: Courtesy.

Birthright Israel to resume trips for vaccinated Americans in May

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Birthright Israel announced on Monday that it will resume trips to Israel beginning in May for all eligible adults from the United States who are vaccinated or fully recovered from the coronavirus. According to Birthright,...
Givat Aliyah Beach (Ajami beach). Credit: Danny Saville via Wikimedia Commons.

Ultimate guide to Tel Aviv’s 12 beaches

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There are few destinations more desirable than a beach along the Mediterranean Sea. The magnificent blue waves, white sand and upbeat energy of Tel Aviv’s beaches are unmatched. What’s even better about the coastal options...
Medical technicians test passengers for COVID-19 at Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 8, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Israel to begin receiving vaccinated tourists on May 23

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Israel will begin receiving vaccinated tourists from abroad through a phased plan that will begin on May 23, the Israeli Tourism Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Israeli Tourism Ministry Orit Farkash-Hacohen and Health...
A man covers himself with a prayer shawl while praying near the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Passover priestly blessing service while the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, on April 12, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Delegation of American Jewish leaders to visit Israel in first post-pandemic travel

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The Religious Zionists of America-Mizrachi announced a leadership delegation visit to Israel in late May, designed to be the first organized group of Jewish communal leadership to visit Israel since the coronavirus pandemic brought...