Israel has officially reopened its borders to tourists, yet many tourists are staying away as COVID infection rates skyrocket. But that doesn’t mean no one is planning to visit
'Clueless' airline staff, systems not recognizing mix-and-match vaccines, last-minute changes – would-be tourists are reporting chaos in trying to enter a newly reopened Israel
Deux nouveaux livres sur l alyah, pour les olim, par des olim timesofisrael.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofisrael.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
Ezra Rabinowitz, Tzippi Moss and her husband Allan Rabinowitz on the Israel Trail in 2009, the subject of her recently published book, Angels and Tahina (Courtesy Tzippi Moss)
Jerusalem’s southern neighborhoods have long drawn English-speaking immigrants, with generations of olim experiencing the joys and uncertainties of aliyah and the immigrant experience.
Now two locals have each published books about the aliyah experience, from their personal vantage points.
“Angels & Tahina, 18 Lessons from Hiking the Israel Trail,” is Tzippi Moss’s take on aliyah, immigration and Israel, written about her two-month adventure in 2009, when Moss, her husband Allan Rabinowitz and their teenage son Ezra hiked the Israel National Trail, the 1,015-kilometer (630-mile) hiking path that crosses the entire country from north to south.