http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog By Oded Ambar Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:11:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the wake of the recent intensification of Hamas rocket attacks in southern Israel, many schools and community centers have closed, and kids have nothing to do but wait it out in bomb shelters. Some of these children have chosen to use their free time to visit Jerusalem and rediscover the ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/244/       As over a billion people turn their eyes towards the Church of the Nativity this time of year, the holy site in Bethlehem is ready to go online via live streaming video in time for the holidays for the first time ever.    Individuals unable to make the journey in person now ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/243/ http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/242/       A rare half shekel coin, first minted in 66 or 67 C.E., was discovered by 14 year-old Omri Ya'ari as volunteers sifted through mounds of dirt from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The coin is the first one found to originate from the Temple Mount. For the fourth year, archaeologists and ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/239/ Your Arabian Nights dreams come true in this colorful and atmospheric market, where legends seem brought to life. While it is somewhat dependent on tourism, the Arab market in Jerusalem’s Old City still pulses with a sense of authenticity. Spices piled high in burlap sacks emit a heady mixture of ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/233/             When Rome destroyed the Second Temple in 70 C.E., only one outer wall remained standing. The Romans probably would have destroyed that wall as well, but it must have seemed too insignificant to them; it was not even part of the Temple itself, just an outer wall surrounding the ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/231/ Bob Dylan and Jerry Seinfeld have done it. Troops of globe-trotting hippies, as well. For years, free spirits the world over spent time working on kibbutz, once the institution that defined what it was to be an Israeli, or to visit Israel. And though the communal farm called the kibbutz is ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/220/                          Holocaust researchers, artists, and survivors from around the world will gather next week at Yad Vashem for an international conference entitled “The Holocaust, the Survivors and the State of Israel.” Among the issues to be discussed during the four-day event:  Dilemmas among the Survivor community, the Holocaust and its imprint ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/217/      Aviva Gilad's mother They don't want you to feel sorry for them, but they also don't want you to stay away from guestrooms they built with their own hands for fear of vacationing in a community with so much emotional baggage. 'Accommodating people at this beautiful place where we chose to ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/212/   The Druze village of Isfiya is located on the top of the Carmel Mountain commanding a panoramic view of the surrounding green hills. The village has a rich tradition of openness, hospitality, and warmth that is characteristic of the Druze community. The Druze village of Isfiya is located on the ... http://www.israeltour4u.com/blog/210/