We had our first siyur (tour) this past Tuesday. Entitled “In the Footsteps of David and Shimshon (Samson),” it really encompassed a few different subjects that all related to the area around the city of Beit Shemesh. We also spent some time at the beginning of the day in moshav Beit Meir, at the very Read More
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Israel’s Airline Wars
There seems to be a lot of jostling going on in Israel’s airline industry lately. Ideally this will lead to increased competition, which should benefit the consumer, if corruption doesn’t preserve the status quo. But what I find most interesting is the backstory to this long-running dispute.
Started Up
So, first off, I want to apologize for my recent “radio silence” — I had another post ready to be written, but then I got ill with tonsillitis (and here I thought it was mainly a kids’ disease!), and am only now recovering. That post will follow soon. But we had our first class this Read More
Mid-Chanukkah Update
I just wanted to post a little update, now that the course is finally starting. But first, I wanted to apologize to y’all. My website was down for over a day this weekend, due to issues with my hosting company’s servers. They migrated my site to a different server, and this hopefully solved all of Read More
The First Step
So, tomorrow’s the big day: my tourguide course begins! We’ll be having an orientation, and perhaps a first “class” as well (I’m not really sure).
Want to Come to Israel? Win a Trip!
Here’s a new promo from the Israel Ministry of Tourism tied to Chanukkah and offering a chance to win an El Al flight to Israel!
Hopefully a Good Sign
Though the start of my course was delayed a few weeks, we are supposed to have our first orientation/classes this Friday, December 11. One of the things people always bring up is how this can be a difficult profession, due to its operating largely at the whims of the tourism industry. And that industry naturally Read More
What’s This All About?
I’m glad you asked! Or, if you didn’t, then allow me to put a few choice words into your mouth — in particular the above words. Although a bit of this information is already covered on the About page, I wanted to give a bit of an intro here, explaining why I am writing this Read More