With over 200 museums, Israel is one of the countries with the highest number of museums per capita in the world. And Jerusalem is always a great place to start to go museum-hopping. While Jerusalem is home to Israel Museum, one of the world’s leading museums, remember that the city has other … Read more
Zichron Yaakov was one of the first new settlements founded by Romanian immigrants to Israel and is now a pretty town, with great views and a prestigious historical past. The First Aliya & the founding of Zichron Yaakov The first wave of modern Zionist immigration to the Land of Israel, known as … Read more
An Introduction to Caesarea Herod built Caesarea (or as it was known Caesarea Maritima) in the 1st century B.C.E. as a splendid Roman style city complete with a theater, amphitheater, hippodrome, palace, Roman temple and an extensive network of aqueducts. Built on a section of unprotected coastline that once served as a … Read more