Jerusalem Travel Blog

Everyone knows all about Jerusalem’s multitude of holy sites; historical places and interesting museums, but few people know that less than an hour’s drive away, visitors can enjoy a relaxing day touring boutique wineries and goat cheese farms set in scenery that rivals that of Provence or...

OK–everyone knows Valentine’s Day is named for St. Valentine–not exactly a Jewish sounding holiday.  There is actually a Jewish Valentine’s Day-like holiday in the Hebrew month of Av, that falls in the middle of summer, but since the rest of the world is celebrating Valentine’s...

The McDonald’s fast food chain introduced it’s new product geared to Israeli tastes a few days ago–known as the McFalafel, the meal consists of felafel balls, Israeli salad and techina, wrapped in an Iraqi pita and costs 10NIS (about $2.85) for the 3-felafel sandwich and 16.90 (about...

Ever since NileGuide announced the $5 meal challenge I’ve been desperately searching around Jerusalem to try to find ANYTHING apart from the ubiquitous felafel (about $2.75) that fits that bill. Lunch with traditional Israeli food for $5??  That’s about 19NIS (New Israeli Shekel)–that’s...