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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...
Jerusalemites at the Machane Yehuda Market on March 10, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel revs up to reopen for tourism

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Bring us your tired, your down-clad and pandemic-weary souls yearning to breathe … a lungful of Israeli air. With apologies to Emma Lazarus and her poem “The New Colossus” that adorns the Statue of Liberty,...
Diners at a restaurant in Tel Aviv on March 7, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel opens skies to returning citizens amid third phase of lockdown exit

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Israel began the third stage of its COVID-19 lockdown exit on Sunday following a Cabinet ruling the day before. Under the new regulations, restrictions are further lifted on travel into and out of the country,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Jerusalem on Feb. 8, 2021. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

In Jerusalem, Netanyahu and Greece’s Mitsotakis discuss tourism, EastMed pipeline

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was visiting Jerusalem to discuss bilateral relations and the resumption of tourism between the countries. “We’ve just discussed a green...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a welcoming ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport for the first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Nov. 26, 2020. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu postpones trip to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his scheduled visit next week to Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, citing Israel’s coronavirus lockdown and the shuttering of Ben-Gurion International Airport, his office announced on Thursday. “Despite the...
Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum in Venice, Italy. Credit: Courtesy.

Collector of Jewish souls: A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world

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A 12-branch copper candelabra kindled on holidays by Jews in 18th-century Italy. Sheets of prayers handwritten in Hebrew by an unknown scribe in 15th-century Spain. An oven for baking matzah from 19th-century Portugal. A...
An El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 737-858. Credit: Andre Wadman/Wikimedia Commons.

El Al to operate first direct flight from Israel to Morocco

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El Al Airlines announced on Sunday that it would operate its first flight to Rabat, Morocco on Tuesday. The flight will carry a joint U.S.-Israeli delegation, reported Reuters. The direct flight should take around six hours and...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence prepares to board Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md. en route to Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis., on Aug. 19, 2020. Credit: Delano Scott/The White House.

Report: Pence planning to visit Israel in January

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly planning to visit Israel as part of a trip next month to Europe and the Middle East. Politico, citing three U.S. officials familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that...
Flydubai Boeing 737-800. Credit: Wikipedia.

UAE airline to start direct flights to Israel, no visa necessary

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United Arab Emirates’ low-cost airline carrier flydubai announced on its website that it would begin direct flights twice a day to Israel starting on Nov. 26. Chief executive officer at flydubai Ghaith Al Ghaith said...
A deserted beach in Tel Aviv during a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on Oct. 12, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli Tourism Ministry: $3.6 billion in revenue lost from January to September

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Israel saw a 96 percent drop in tourism in September compared to the same period last year, recording only 15,100 tourist entries into the country, according to the Israeli Tourism Ministry. From January to September,...