Raz TsafrirSep 10, 20201 minUpper Galilee, northern IsraelThe Upper Galilee stretches from the northern boarder with Lebanon south to Bet Hakerem Valley, and from the Mediterranean beach in the...
Raz TsafrirAug 7, 20202 minMoonlight desert rideThe Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which means it is based on the moon phase. Similar calendar as the Buddhist, Chinese,...
Raz TsafrirJul 17, 20202 minThe Golan Heights (at winter)The Golan in an elevated volcanic plateau stretching for 70 km from the Yarmouk rive in the south, to the Saar river in the north. The...
Raz TsafrirJul 3, 20202 minThe Druze in IsraelThe Druze are a unique ethnic and religious minority, which separated from the Shia religion back in the 11th century in Egypt. You can...
Raz TsafrirJun 26, 20202 minMount of Olives, Jerusalem"A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls. I will gather all...
Raz TsafrirJun 19, 20202 minThe 'Land of the Monasteries'For 53 years this area to the north of the Dead Sea has been closed for tourists. Issues range from proximity to the Jordanian boarder...
Raz TsafrirJun 12, 20202 minThe Nabataeans Around the 4th century BC several Arabian tribes began crossing the desert on camels, looking for trade routes. Athens was a growing...
Raz TsafrirMay 24, 20202 minJerusalem, from Biblical times to the Big revolt. 1000 years of history...Well, so much to say about this amazing city, lets start... Jerusalem has dozens of names. It appears 641 times in the bible. It is...
Raz TsafrirMay 8, 20202 minHar Megiddo AKA Armageddon...Megiddo has always been a major strategic town sitting on the outskirts of Izrael Valley, right on the main trade route between Egypt and...
Raz TsafrirMay 2, 20201 minJerusalem, the City of DavidJerusalem goes back more than 3300 years to biblical times. We know from reading the bible and from external sources that there was a...
Raz TsafrirApr 24, 20202 minEilat, the Red Sea rivieraEilat is a true riviera on the southern border of Israel and Egypt. Its location on the north part of the Red Sea makes it a perfect...
Raz TsafrirApr 17, 20202 minNecropolis, the city of the deadAfter the failed Jewish revolt against the Roman empire and the destruction of Jerusalem and the 2nd temple by Titus in 70 A.D, Jews were...
Raz TsafrirApr 9, 20202 minRamon Crater, the Negev desertThe Negev is Israels' main desert and home to many historical events from the ancient Nabataeans empire, to the 20th century Zionist...
Raz TsafrirApr 3, 20202 minHula Lake The Hula Valley stretches between the Ramot ridge on the west, and the Golan Heights on the east, from the Ayun valley in the north to...
Raz TsafrirMar 31, 20202 minLower Galilee, NazarethLower Galilee and the Izrael Valley date back to biblical times. Yael and Sisra, Gideon and the Mediyin, King Saul's last battle on the...
Raz TsafrirMar 28, 20202 minThe Arava and EilatThe Arava is a plain on the Israel-Jordan boarder stretching 170 km, along route 90 from the Dead See to the Red Sea. On the east, it...
Raz TsafrirMar 25, 20202 minThe Dead SeaThe Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at -432 meters and salt concentration of above 34%. It stretches for +100 km from Almog in the...
Raz TsafrirMar 21, 20203 minThe Golan HeightsThe Golan in an elevated volcanic plateau stretching for 70 km from the Yarmouk rive in the south, to the Saar river in the north. The...
Raz TsafrirMar 18, 20202 minJordan ValleyThe Jordan Valley stretches along the Jordan river between the Sea of Galilee in the north to the Dead Sea in the south for 110 km. There...
Raz TsafrirMar 15, 20202 minAcre, the 2nd Crusader capitalOld Acre (Akko) was an ancient Canaanite town back in the 18th century BC, then conquered by the Phoenician. Its importance is in the...
