Our layover in Tel Aviv is about seven hours, so we decide to enter into the city for a walk and some dinner before continuing on to Los Angeles. We find a great spot called the Social Club where we split several appetizers and enjoy a couple cocktails. Upon returning to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion […]
We enter back into Israel between Aqaba and Eilat, right on this corner of the Red Sea that brings together Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Our car is not allowed to cross and thus we do it by foot. After several passport checks, a couple more security scans, and a lot of questioning, we […]
It is always nice to travel when there are fewer tourists and shorter lines; however, the circumstances that lead to this trip’s smaller crowds are not happy ones for Israel and the Middle East. In the second half of last month, well over 1000 Palestinian rockets were fired at Israel. Specifically, both Jerusalem and Tel […]
Leading from Egypt to Damascus and referenced a couple times in the Bible, the King’s Highway has been traveled at least a couple times over human history. It served not only as an important passageway, but also as a critical trade route and later as a Christian pilgrimage route. Today, as we make our way […]
It takes three cars, six gates, a couple bag searches, a pair of new visas, and a little patience, but we eventually make it through the Allenby Bridge – King Hussein Border crossing and enter into Jordan. This border, which connects the West Bank and Jordan is the only designated entry and exit point for […]
Every year at the end of the Passover Seder, we finish with the words “next year in Jerusalem,” and today, here I am in one of the most sacred places in the world. And not only one of the most sacred, but it is also one of the most historic. Jerusalem is a city that […]
Just finished my last first semester of grad school, and I’m off to make the most of winter break. The break begins on a trip with my dad in Israel and Jordan. After a long flight over the Atlantic and through the Mediterranean, I arrive at Tel Aviv International Airport at sunrise, figure out which […]