“The Internationals,” we were called. A strange amalgamation of foreigners who arrived on one of the hottest days of the year, so far, to protest the existence of the wall at Bil’in, in the West Bank. We were German, American, French, English, Irish, and Canadian. Our presence did two things:...

Tel Aviv has a feral cat problem. They are aware of this. The program in place now to deal with this is pure genius. Most other animal agencies worldwide would simply kill the cats. The Tel Aviv agency realizes that killing the cats would only increase the resources for the remaining cats and therefore...

Does this look familiar? It's amazing how they managed to make the D in "diet" look exactly the same in Hebrew, even though it's a completely different letter. Further, Hebrew is read right to left so the letter that looks like the D is actually the T. I will keep an eye out for other product...

And here begins my quirky outsider observations of Israel.
These boxes are all over the park. They hold poop bags, for dogs. The text says literally "Sacky-Cacky." Or as we like to say, pooper scooper. The best part, though, is the artwork. That really says it all.

I just came back from 9 days in Israel with Taglit Birthright. Taglit is an organization that sends young Jews between 18-25 to Israel for free for 9-11 days, touring up and down the country. The days are hard, usually around 17 hours long, as you try to cram as much as you can into the trip as possible....

History bestowed
upon Tel
Aviv unique architectural gems, first and foremost, the world's largest
concentration of buildings in the international style. It all started in the
mid -1920s, when the cheeky "teenaged" city began to signal that it
was already grown up and starting to be a metropolis....

Fascinating free guided walking tours of Tel Aviv –
Jaffa are available in English, all a year around (except
from Yom Kippur). No need to book in advance – just come and enjoy!

TEL

Tel Aviv
Has a promenade, a long promenade, running along the seashore that makes up the
western edge of Tel Aviv – Jaffa.
There, we walk or jog, ride bikes, sit on benches, fill out lungs with fresh
air. A glorious 8.7 miles of open views, blue horizons, white sails bobbing on
the waves,...

MUSEUMS

Tel Aviv
is home to three of Israel's
largest museums, which draw a total of 1.1 million visitors a year. Among them
are:

Tel Aviv
Museum...

JAFFA – THE ORANGE OF THE EAST

Thousands of years of
history comer together in Jaffa,
one of world's oldest cities and the birthplace of Tel Aviv.
A center of tourism, food and fun, with an exotic Levantine ambience.

In The Beginning It started
with seashells.

Yes, a lottery using gray
and white shells marked the beginning of the first Hebrew city, Tel Aviv.

Akiva weiss was a man in a hurry.
True, he was a...

Tel Aviv's markets are the best show in
town, and they're bustling all day long. A Middle Eastern mélange of tastes,
scents, sounds, colors – and lots of people.

The Carmel
Market,

A DELICIOUS MELTING POT

If Israel is a culinary superpower, Tel Aviv
is its Capital. Between the falafel stands and the gourmet restaurants that
earn multiple forks in the Gault – Millau guide – not to mention a wide
spectrum of Chinese, Italian, seafood and meat restaurants – a unique...

One reason Tel Aviv's
praises are being sung on international catwalks is the success of Tel Aviv
designers in the world's fashion hotbeds. To give you an idea – Tel Aviv is the original home of the
Oscar's red carpet's dresses designer Alber Elbaz.

Israeli fashion design...

we are in jerusalem.

after slogging through africa for four months, we're now somewhere that's familiar in an unrecognisable way.

i've been here before three times. when i was fifteen i came here for six weeks with a jewish youth group; i had my first real girlfriend, got drunk for the first...