Virtual Tours and Online Lectures Learn More All About the Shuk Explore Why Hire a Guide? Read the Post Only in Israel Discover A Licensed Tour Guide. A Different Side of Israel I pride myself on customizing tours to my clients’ specific interests. Be in touch to tell me yours! My specialties include food, Jerusalem, Read More
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Press
Over the years, I’ve been featured in many articles, as well as appearing on TV, videos and radio programs. I’ve also published a number of articles of my own. Enjoy these, and see a little more what I’m all about! Featuring Fun Joel Some pieces in which I was interviewed, or was the “star of Read More
Online Offerings
In addition to my regular touring options inside of Israel, I also want to have a more global reach. I am able to “guide” you through various sites while you remain in the comfort of your own home (or school, house of worship or office) via my “virtual tour” options. The tours combine video footage, Read More
Taking the Shuk to the Next Level
Anyone who has spent any time on my blog, or just getting to know me, knows how much I love Jerusalem’s famous outdoor market, Shuk Machane Yehuda. I’ve written a lot about it, I guide there all the time, I’ve been featured in videos and magazine articles about it, and I even like to hang Read More
A Peek into Jerusalem’s Future
I have written before about Batim MiBifnim – Jerusalem Open Houses, both my general appreciation of the free event and about a tour I guided in a previous year. For those who are unfamiliar, this is an annual event that lasts three days. There are walking tours, entry into architecturally interesting private homes and public Read More
State of the Shuk – December 2015
As you all know, I love the shuk (Machane Yehuda Market), and am there multiple times a week, often giving tasting tours, or just going there to hang out. So therefore I notice every single change that takes place there, from the smallest stand closing, to a change in what a stand sells, to a Read More
On the Radio This Friday
I am pleased to announce that I will be interviewed as a call-in guest this coming Friday (January 9th, 2015) on the Nachum Segal Network. I will have the pleasure of “appearing” on the show “Table for Two with Naomi Nachman” to discuss culinary travel in Israel. The show starts at 9 AM, Eastern Time. Read More
Fun Joel’s Shuk Tours Offer a Taste of Jerusalem
One of my more popular specialty tours has always been my Machane Yehuda tasting tour. And lately, following all of the posts I’ve written about the shuk, and the popular reception of my map of every stand in the market, these tours have become even more popular. Still, a lot of people ask me, “So Read More
Israeli Produce Calendar
This page is connected with my posts on Machane Yehuda Market. Click here for my post on “The Shuk Calendar.”Almost all produce in Israel is locally grown, and thus seasonal. A number of years ago, I created a calendar of when foods first become available at Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda Market. The calendar below just marks Read More
Israel Mystery Photo #22
Okay folks, it is time for another Israel Mystery Photo! In this game, I show you a picture I took somewhere on tour in Israel, and then you try to identify it. Then in the next post, I put on my guide hat, and give you some more information about it! So, post your guesses Read More