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Aug 20, 2026, 9:26 AM

The Alhambra: a Story Shared, a Story Untold

Alhambra tile-work, the Court of the Lions, and a visual facsimile of the 1492 Edict of Expulsion. (ChatGPT-generated collage)

Water runs through narrow channels and gathers in pools. Cypress and orange trees rise above clipped hedges. Beyond the walls, the Sierra Nevada mountains frame Granada in the distance. The gardens give way to gates, courtyards, and palace chambers. The...

Aug 19, 2026, 2:56 AM

Reflections On A Week In Berlin

You walk down the street – past people of all ages advertising colorful tattoos and piercings, others in natty suits while holding briefcases. A dizzying array of Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, vegan, German and other dining options confuse the yearning...

Anastasia Torres-Gil

Aug 18, 2026, 3:05 AM

Lifechanging: How Hadassah Connected Me to a Wonderful Global Community

Sixteen years ago, I wasn’t the same person I am today. My mother had just died –unexpectedly – at the too young age of 72. My heart ached. My world felt upside down. I needed something new. Something different....

Silas Anastacio

Aug 17, 2026, 10:37 AM

From Aliyah to Today: The Journey of Riva Hadary

Riva Hadary is a licensed tour guide in Israel who has built a career marked by diverse experiences and a unique ability to connect cultures. Since 2014, she has led groups from Brazil, Portugal, and Italy, offering authentic and...

Hannah Zieziula

Aug 6, 2026, 1:14 PM

The family I found in a hostel in Australia

I arrived in Margaret River, Western Australia, completely alone with my backpack and my surfboard. After months of traveling surrounded by friends, I now had to start over to find farm work and earn my second-year visa. Again I...

Aug 4, 2026, 10:09 AM

Luxury in a Timeless City of Hundred Spires

Few European cities capture the imagination quite like Prague. The Czech capital enchants visitors with its Gothic grandeur, Baroque elegance, literary heritage and an atmosphere that seems untouched by time. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Spires, Prague effortlessly blends centuries...

Aug 2, 2026, 2:29 PM

In the Shadow of the Bronze Priest: An Athenian Pilgrimage

Each Step… A Story… From the bustle of modern Athens—traffic surging, shopkeepers calling, cafés spilling onto narrow sidewalks—the eye is drawn upward. Above the city, the limestone plateau of the Acropolis commands the horizon, crowned by the sun-bleached columns of...

Jul 26, 2026, 9:21 PM

A Palace Where the Healing Waters Never End

More than 180 exhibitors from over 20 countries attracted some 12,000 visitors to IMTM 2026, Israel’s leading international tourism fair held in Tel Aviv in February. It was there, at the Czech Republic’s pavilion, that I met Jan Lukeš from Karlovy...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jul 24, 2026, 8:59 AM

One List Was Built to Hunt Jews. The Other Was Built to Defend Them

(Gemini)

Trump's subpoena got the Holocaust analogies. The mob actually mapping Jews in Italy got a shrug. That reflex isn't protecting us—it's spending us. Yesterday I published a piece about a Google Form in Italy—an anonymous questionnaire asking ordinary Italians to...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jul 24, 2026, 12:34 AM

A Google form asked where the Jews sleep. History knows what comes next

Italy shut down the crowdsourced 'Mapping Zionist Tourism' questionnaire within days, but the algorithms had already minted new antisemites

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