Save the Date for a Must-See Music Festival!

You've got plenty of time to get ready for an Israeli musical event that you won't want to miss in May 2010. The Abu Ghosh Music Festival is renowned for its incredible music and presentation of Christian culture. The festival happens twice every year, in the spring and fall, and it offers visitors the chance to enjoy a unique Israeli event.   Read more »

A Garden Like No Other

Where else but Israel can you visit a quiet garden rich in history and filled with two-thousand-year-old olive trees ... a garden where Jesus and his disciples frequently visited ... a garden where Jesus prayed intensely in his final hours as a free man?   Read more »

Ancient Synagogues Are True Treasures

When you visit the variety of ancient synagogues in Galilee, you'll realize that, far from being ruins of a long-gone civilization, these beautiful structures symbolize the flowering of Jewish ritual and community life in ways relevant to this very day. You'll discover how these monuments, dating between the third and the seventh centuries – when most Jews had to move from Jerusalem to Galilee – reflected their builders' faith and commitment to each other, as well as a fascinating infusion of the surrounding culture.   Read more »

The 10 Commandments' Holy Day

Even though it is the seventh day of every week (counting from Sunday) – and there are over 50 such days each year – Shabbat is a holy day, perhaps even one of the most important holy days in Judaism. In fact, apart from the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Shabbat is the holiest day for Jews, and is the only one mentioned in the Ten Commandments.

According to Exodus 20, Shabbat has a clear connection to the creation of the world: on the seventh day God rested ("Shabbat" in Hebrew) from the work of creation, so this is a holy day for men, and they, too, are to rest from productive work.   Read more »