Monday, February 16, 2026

ISRAEL

Temple Mount Sifting Project with Gabriel Barkay

TimeOut Israel's Art Listings

Ministry of Defense Museums

Levantine Travels by Noah Millman, February 9, 2026

ACRE

BEIT SHEAN
Roman Ruins

BETHLEHEM
The Tent Restaurant
 • "Served the sweetest lamb I've ever tasted. It was cooked with ancient methods, in a pot with the vegetables and so on." – Melvyn Bragg

CAESAREA
Caesarea National Park
  • Built by Herod the Great

EAST JERUSALEM
Rockefeller Archaeological Museum

ELIAT
Underwater Observatory Marine Park

GOLAN HEIGHTS

HAIFA
Cable cars
Persian Gardens of the Bahai Shrine
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art

HEBRON
A Guided Tour of Hebron, from Two Sides of the Occupation by Masha Gessen in the New Yorker,  January 24, 2019

JERUSALEM
Conflicts and Contrasts Make Jerusalem Endlessly Fascinating by Jacob Sullum, Reason Magazine, August/September 2025
Mahane Yehuda Market 
  • Amazing market with great bars too
Basilica of St Anne
  •  "One of the most perfect churches I have ever seen" – Melvyn Bragg Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Davidson Centre, Ma'alot ha-Rav Shlomo Goren Street
Israel Museum
  • Recommended by Globetrotter
Knesset
Bible Lands Museum 
Temple Mount
Abbey of the Dormition
Tower of David
Hurva Synagogue, Ha-Yehudim St
Yad Vashem
Western Wall
  • Take the Western Wall Tunnel Tour
Terra Sancta Museum, Via Dolorosa St 1
  • Recommended by Globetrotter 
Museum of the Seam
  • Contemporary art museum recommended by Globetrotter
Friends of Zion Museum, Yosef Rivlin St 20
Hagaleria L'safrut (Gallery of Literature), 6 Schatz
  • Largest used book store in Israel   
Calibre3
  • Seen on BBC Earth's Arabia
Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center
Tantur Ecumenical Institute
Isaac Karasenti: Tour guide featured on First Century Foundations
  • A possible site of Jesus Christ's burial and resurrection

LATRUN
Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum

MASADA
Hosts Israeli Opera Festival

METULA
Canada Centre

MAROM GOLAN
No Other Land Tours, Kibbutz Marom Golan‬, Golan Heights, 12436
  • Seen on First Century Foundations
  • Ilan Shulman owner & operator

SAEED
Jacob's Well Greek Orthodox Church, Kobri Bour Saeed
  • Seen on First Century Foundations
SUSYA
  • The site of an archaeologically notable ancient synagogue seen on First Century Foundations
TEL AVIV
Eretz Israel Museum
Independence Hall
Milk and Honey Distillery, HaThiya St 16, Tel Aviv-Yafo
4 Unforgettable Foodie Day Trips From Tel Aviv
Bauhaus Center’s Tour: Only Fridays at 10 a.m.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art: English Highlight Tours on Thursday at noon
Sherry Herring, Nemal Tel Aviv St 12, Tel Aviv-Yafo
  • Best Herring sandwich in town
  • Recommended by Liel 
Carmel Market (Shuk HaCarmel)
  • Featured on Unorthodox in December 2023

WINERIES
Not in Ontario:

 FAMOUS BATTLES
  • Ammunition Hill
  • Kastel Hill, above the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem roed
  • Tel Faher, in the foothills of the Golan
From Serge:

There are a few things that should not be missed:
  • Jaffa - the old port city - it is exquisite!
  • Rosh Hanikra
  • The Mitzpe Ramon Crater
  • Masada
  • Eilat
  • The most amazing surprise for me was the backroad drive to Masada (Road #3199) out of Arad. It does not lead you anywhere perse, aside from the back entrance to Masada. But what a beautiful drive on a newly paved road. The desert scenery is exquisite!
Overrated:
  • The big cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. They are beautiful and now-modern cities, but the traffic and congestion is not for me. Should they be visited? Of course; just prepare yourself for Toronto-like busy-ness :-(
Top 10 most beautiful religious sites in the Holy Land

  • Seen on First Century Foundations on Vision TV
  • Seen on First Century Foundations on Vision TV

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