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Visiting Israel brings feeling of really coming home

This past summer, I stepped off the plane and felt my feet touch the ground of our homeland for the first time. I was home. For 12 days in Israel, my family and I explored the land, went to museums and had a chance to connect with our spirituality and Judaism.

Culinary and cultural riches await visitors to the Galilee

A walking tour within non-Jewish towns and villages — with or without guides — can be an eye-opening, informative, tasty and heart-warming experience. On a recent tour in the Galilee focusing on different religions in the Western Galilee, I meandered through Muslim, Christian and Druze towns, as well as Baha\’i landmarks, only to discover cultural richness, friendliness — and some surprises.

Israelis develop a taste for goats’ and sheep’s milk cheeses

As Israel becomes sophisticated gastronomically, consumers are favoring goat\’s and sheep\’s milk cheeses over cow\’s milk varieties. Unlike their bovine counterparts, most goats and sheep are free to roam and graze, antibiotics aren\’t usually a part of their diet, the cheese and milk contain less lactose and the taste is unmistakably distinct.

First timer says: fly me to the Holy Land

The Jerusalem stone and glass terminals of Ben-Gurion Airport make for an almost cinematic experience. It was my first time in Israel, and the seemingly unrealistic quality of my journey was further compounded by running into Dr. Ruth Westheimer in the lobby of the Dan Tel Aviv

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