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May 20, 2024, 2:10 PM

Now is the time to visit Israel!

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Before October 7th, tourism to Israel was booming (wrong word?). Tourists from around the world wanted to see all of the elements that made up the Startup Nation, with startups from the last 4,000 years, including (and in no...

Feb 20, 2024, 2:11 PM

Coming Home: From Destruction to Redemption

Two weeks ago, while guiding a solidarity mission comprised of members of the Stephen Wise Temple of Los Angeles, I received a phone call from an officer of the Home Front Command in the Western Negev. He told me...

Feb 27, 2023, 2:15 PM

United We Stand

The President of Israel, the Chief of Staff and I had the pleasure of witnessing the graduation of 430 new officers in the IDF last week at the esteemed Bahad Echad Officer Training Base. (Full disclosure: there were another...

Apr 26, 2020, 9:04 PM

To Be a Free People in Our Land להיות עם חופשי בארצנו

A Tale of Three Pictures In Israel, we have entered a special and interesting (meaningful) time. We didn’t need the Corona virus to appear in order for us to feel it. It is said that the kids are not missing...

Dec 3, 2019, 12:36 PM

Life’s beauty outshines the shadow of evil

On an inspiring chance encounter with Moshe Holtzberg, who survived the Mumbai terror attack that killed his parents

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About Me

Geoff has been living in Israel for over 30 years. He is the Programs Director at Keshet Educational Journeys and is a licensed tour guide through the Ministry of Tourism. Previously, Geoff was a founding staff member of the Keshet (no relation) Democratic School for secular and religious students in his home town of Zichron Yaakov and before that an educator at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. He is a husband and father of five.

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