This year, the city of Jerusalem – in collaboration with the Israeli opera – is inaugurating an independent Opera Festival which will take place in the city on June and September 2012. June 6-14 – La traviata in the Cedekiah’s Cave 60 minutes of Verdi magic with highlights from La traviata performed within the breathtaking […]
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Annual medieval festival in the Old City of Jerusalem brings troubadours, jugglers, acrobats to the city’s ancient streets. Performers from the Italian Carnival of Venice joined Israeli counterparts in a festival full of music, fire juggling, plays, crafts, stunts and jousting every Thursday night during the month of November in the alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old […]
A recent in depth tourism survey conducted by the Israel Ministry of Tourism for 2010, exposed a significant growth in the number of pilgrims from Australia who made their special journey to Israel -the Holy Land. According to the survey, pilgrimage accounted for 60% of the Australian visitors profile in 2010- doubling up the figures […]
KKL-JNF (Jewish National Fund) announce the “Forester for Day” program, a new ecological initiative, offering visitors a unique opportunity to help maintain Israel’s forests, prevent forest fires, and guarantee a greener tomorrow for Israel. The program runs for 2-3 hours and is open Sunday-Thursday 8 am – 3pm and Friday 8 – noon. Program participants […]
One of the oldest bazaars in the world, the Jaffa flea market is now rapidly becoming the hottest new location in Tel Aviv, famed for fashion and food. The Jaffa flea market is one of the oldest bazaars in the world. Whereas it used to be a place to find knick-knacks and second-hand furniture or […]
HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS AND ITALIANS RUN TOGETHER IN THE 8th JOHN PAUL II BETHLEHEM-JERUSALEM PEACE MARATHON,24 OCTOBER 2011 Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis and Italians ran 10 kilometers from the Church of The Nativity in Bethlehem to the Notre Dame complex in Jerusalem under the banner of the 8th John Paulus II Peace Marathon, on Monday, October […]
Jerusalem is often explored on foot, but another way to see the city is to climb to its rooftops and look down on some of its amazing sites. Today’s tour with guide Madeleine Lavine starts at the YMCA, an architectural landmark built in 1878 and well known for its vision of coexistence. Inside, there is […]
Spencer Tunick gathers 1,000 volunteers to pose in the buff at the Dead Sea to bring attention to the ecologically troubled site. Why did American photographer Spencer Tunick put out a call for 1,000 volunteers to pose without their clothes at the Dead Sea in September? Apart from the artistic element, Tunick also hoped the […]
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Tel Aviv “Art Year”
Tel Aviv-Jaffa has declared the year 2012 as “Art Year”. This project is the cultural highlight of 2012 in the city, which chose this year’s theme following the inauguration of the New Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s new building and the general prosperity of culture and art in the city and its metropolitan area. Different […]
Israel, Jordan and Palestine are working together to ensure the Dead Sea is recognised as one of the New7Wonders of nature. The Dead Sea, promoted as the world’s largest natural spa, is one of 28 finalists in the international competition. It is contending against stiff local competition, including The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru for […]
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