Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered by Christian pilgrims around the world to be the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and his burial tomb, closed its doors indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic last week. This is the first time that this fourth century Church
Israel is beginning to open up its economy this week and tourism, one of the largest sectors of the Israeli economy (and the hardest hit by covid-19) will soon unlock its doors as well. Beginning May 5, 20 national parks, including Caesarea, Banias, Nachal Amud,
After a record breaking 2019 in which Israel welcomed over 4.5 million visitors to Israel,2020 was off to an even stronger start before the coronavirus abruptly halted all tourismnot only to Israel, but around the world. After over two months of shutdown, airlines are now
With the dramatic decline in covid-19 infection rates (now under 20 new infections/day as of this writing) Israels tourism industry sector is now opening up to domestic tourists. Restaurants, Museums, and major Israeli hotel companies including Dan Hotels, Fattal Hotels, Inbal, and Isrotel along with
The Israeli government announced today, May 20th, that houses of worship will be allowed to reopen, with up to 50 people in the building, maintaining two meters’ distance between worshippers, as well as the appointment of a corona official for the house of prayer and
Elisa Moed discusses the impact of covid-19 on Holy land travel, potential of virtual tours, plans to restart tourism, and changes in Israeli hotels to attract domestic tourists.
A rare stone mask dating to New Stone age period was discovered several months ago in the southern Hebron hills region reinforcing the theory that there was a stone-mask production center in this region. Its characteristics, in addition to other findings reveal that the mask
A brand new Holy Land attraction was all set to be unveiled in Jerusalem in time for the Easter holiday but with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Jerusalem like cities around the world have ground to a halt. There are no tourists. But that
Beit Shearim was one of 19 sites worldwide that was added to the UNESCO World Heritage site list early this week. The site, located in the lower Galilee, about 20 miles southeast of Haifa (one hour north of Tel Aviv), was the ancient burial ground
One of the holiest Catholic shrines in Israel, Tabgha, situated on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, was the unfortunate site of a destructive fire, which broke out last week in several places inside the church, causing the roof to collapse. Firefighters doused