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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The 13-hour voyage by cruise ship from Israel to Cyprus was conducted under the protection of the Israeli Navy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican senator said that “there have been allegations about antisemitic discrimination by airlines and that calls by unions not to fly to Israel were motivated solely by pro-Hamas activists.”
By Max Gelber
The cost of a plane ticket to the US on an El Al flight currently starts at close to $1,000 and the flights are packed
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"No one should face discrimination when they travel, and today’s action sends a clear message to the airline industry," stated U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
United and Delta Airlines are suspending flights due to escalating security tensions in the region.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jerusalem urged citizens abroad to increase their vigilance, conceal Jewish and Israeli symbols, and stay away from large events and protests.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"For me, the feeling is as if questions were copied from the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague," said one Israeli applicant.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
United was slated to have its first new flight to Israel on June 6 and Delta to do so on June 7.
Israel introduces new Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system.
The E-visa will allow foreigners coming from countries that require an entry visa and who wish to come to Israel on a tourist visa to receive one through their e-mail, without having to go to the Israeli embassy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Since Oct. 7, El Al has strategically adjusted its U.S. flight schedule to uphold an air bridge which is vital for the State of Israel," stated Shlomi Zafarani, an El Al vice president.
It might also be a good time for all the Jews left in South Africa to pack up and leave.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Within a few weeks Israelis will be able to visit the United States without having to wait a long time for a visa from the American Embassy," said Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, launched direct flights between Tel Aviv and Almaty on Thursday. “We look forward to much stronger, closer and mutually beneficial cooperation with Israel. Great opportunities open up with the start of direct flights between our countries. We believe that this will have a positive impact on expanding trade turnover, strengthening […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. State Department released a fact sheet about the memorandum of understanding that Washington and Jerusalem signed on July 19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Yehuda Teichtal later confirmed with the head of the German police that no such policy was in place.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Another milestone in El Al’s continued growth in Florida,” a company executive stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ukraine is upset with Israel's alleged "unfriendly actions toward Ukraine and pro-Russian position on the international arena," according to the Kyiv Post.
By Avi Kumar
“Sri Lanka has had Jewish traders and a community long ago,” Waruna Wilpatha, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Israel said.
Jordanian officials have desecrated Tefillin, demanded Jews cut off their payot, and simply barred entry to religious Jews.
Israeli police will automatically send data to the US on Israeli citizens based on fingerprint inquiries from the US.
The United States was list as the 20th most dangerous for tourists!
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The group asks King Abdullah to end harassment at border for packing prayer shawls and phylacteries
If visitors to Israel do bring their own, they will be taken away, and new ones will be provided that were grown in Israel, free of charge.
Similar to other destinations in countries in the world, Ben Gurion has been finding it hard to return to full operations after two years of limited international travel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It comes after video surfaced of an employee telling a Jewish passenger that those who were banned are “Jewish from JFK” and that it was the “Jewish people who were the mess, who made the problems.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
After repeated delays, the service will launch on June 23.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The time that we bought is running out. Omicron is already in the country, from the Knesset to kindergartens, and it is spreading fast,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If we succeed, by early 2023, we will be able to say goodbye to the queues at the U.S. embassy.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
During the first seven days of their stay, the “unprotected” tourists in the group will perform a PCR test every 72 hours or present a negative result in an antigen test performed every 24 hours.
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is working on an outline to allow vaccinated tourists to visit Israel from the beginning of November.
By Israel Hayom
The other cities on “Food and Travel” magazine’s list are Palermo, Chania, Vienna, San Sebastian and Marseille.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Flights will feature kosher food available for pre-order and kosher wine.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
UAE and Israeli citizens can visit each other’s countries visa-free, owing to the recently signed Abraham Accords.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli airline is extending the unpaid leave of most of its 6,080 employees • El Al CEO: “There is still a significant way to go until the restart of scheduled flights.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
The city is offering free entrances to tourist attractions, culinary tours, tour guides, and other attractions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new nonstop flight is part of the first long-haul international flights that American has launched from New York in more than four years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
United also increasing service to Israel out of its New York/Newark hub from one flight a day to 10 weekly flights.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ban on foreigners arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport—and requirement for Israelis returning from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days—was scheduled to expire on July 1• Meanwhile, many airlines have resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv.
Israel is slowly easing restrictions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new restriction will affect those who have traveled within the last two weeks to Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.
In response to the incident, Russia’s embassy in Israel said Israel denies entry to hundreds of Russians every month.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It will be able to carry 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction, utilizing 73 carriages.
By Ken Stephens
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Is Croatia going the way of Poland in whitewashing Holocaust horrors? Where have all the Jews gone? After just returning from Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia and Greece Eve Harow shares her thoughts on her trip.
By following these helpful tips, you will be one-step ahead and prepared for an exciting, life-changing experience in Israel.
Apps to help you out while visiting the sea-side.
By JNi.Media
1.74 million tourist entries were recorded in January-June 2017, an increase of 26% over the same period in 2016 (1.38 million), and 24% more than in 2015.
By JNi.Media
State University of New York officials are trying to deal with the unexpected effects of Trump's order on the system's 64 campuses with their 320 students from the seven forbidden countries.
By Edwin Black
How celebrating the holiday of freedom led to a capricious punishment and a legal case that may have significant ramifications.
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
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The trains are running again and back on schedule, with infrastructure maintenance finished for the time being, according to Israel Railways.
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
By Pnina Baim
Either bring blankets from home or get from the flight attendants. Bring sweatshirts for added coziness as the blankets are sure to fall off.
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Question: I am very appreciative and, if I might add, flattered that you answer and publish many of my questions. Due to your superior knowledge, I am always confident when I send in a question that I will receive a proper response. I wonder if you could address whether one should say Birkat HaGomel after flying even though flying is statistically safer than driving. Also, do women say HaGomel as well or only men? Menachem
Israeli-French entrepreneur launches hotel-style apartment rentals for vacationers across Europe, Israel
It didn't feel crowded because simultaneously more than 3 million Israeli citizens traveled abroad during the year.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced it will cancel its Tel Aviv-Copenhagen, citing both “political instability” and ‘’increasing costs and competition." The service, which is offered four times a week and which began three years ago, will end in March following a temporary suspension this summer because of staffing problems. SAS also said it will eliminate […]
By Kosher Today
The High Holiday Israeli vacation season is one of the nest ever, according to travel officials. Major hotels in Israel are filled to capacity, and thousands of apartments have been rented to tourists who will be spending the holiday in Israel. The robust tourist season indicates that tourists are not worried about growing unrest in […]
Delta is picking up traffic American Airlines will lose when it halts its Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route in January.
The airport workers; committees new excuse to shut down the airport is to hold a solidarity strike with the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
Boston will be the fourth city in the United States for El AL flight.
Were you on the plane? Let us know what really happened.
Wouldn’t be a lot easier if fanatic Haredim would simply charter their own planes?
By JTA
A simple solution for Haredi demands would be separate planes.
The US warns people to buy gas masks if visiting, Israel warns of world-wide anti-Semitism.
By Shalom Bear
With numbers like that, it's no wonder Israel never feels crowded.
Israel Railways is ending night train service to the Negev from Ben Gurion airport, 'not cost effective.'
Security officials have issued a warning of an imminent terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula in northern Egypt, and Germany has advised its citizens to flee the area. Intelligence agents in Egypt reportedly tapped phone conversations between a Sinai terrorist group and Palestinian Authority Palestinian terrorists outside of Egypt, who instructed the group how to […]
Visitors to Israel will be able to use their foreign driving licenses for one year from their last time of entry if they have been outside of Israel for at least three months. Knesset Economics Committee on Monday corrected a contradiction in regulations to remove doubt on the validity of foreign licenses, and the changes […]
Call it paranoia or call it terror in real time, but what you would you think if you saw Arabs changing seats in a plane or veiled Muslim women on a flight, without a flight marshal?
El Al announced it will halt all daytime flights to Eilat starting Thursday, two weeks after resuming flights based on an understanding with government aviation officials that a solution would be found to a new landing path that El Al considers too dangerous to use. Terrorist attacks from the neighboring Sinai Peninsula have occasionally targeted […]
By JTA
Travelers will be asked to open the container with the etrog and unwrap it for inspection by experts.
By JTA
El Al Airlines has reinstated flights to Eilat, after having cancelled its three daily daytime flights from Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday because of concerns about the safety of new landing and takeoff designed to reduce the chances of a terrorist attack from Egypt. The airline’s nighttime flights, whose routing had not been changed, were […]
El Al video cameras have caught seven baggage handlers at JFK airport who stole passengers' valuables, including cash, watches, computers and jewelry. The ariline became suspicious when a number of passengers complained about missing items. El Al placed a video camera in April to monitor the thieves and discovered they did more than just handle […]
The IDF allowed departing flights to take off from Eilat's international airport Thursday night after ordering it closed for two hours, without any explanation other than to note “an evaluation of the situation.” The temporary closure probably was connected to terrorist activity in the neighboring Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian forces have arrested approximately 100 terrorists […]
By JTA
Ben Gurion Airport finally will join most other major international airports by having a hotel for travelers. The Israel Airports Authority has approved construction for a hotel on land adjacent to the airport’s Terminal 3, where almost all international passengers arrive. The hotel will allow direct access to the passenger hall and terminal and will […]
Saudi Arabia Airline refuses to issue tickets in New York for Israelis, even if they are only stopping off in Saudi Arabia for a connecting flight, a policy that contradicts federal law. The airline’s website asks travelers for their citizenship but does not have an option available for “Israel” although it does have options for […]
By JTA
Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial and museum, was ranked fourth in the top 25 museums in the world by the travel website TripAdvisor. Yad Vashem also was awarded the websites 2013 Certificate of Excellence award, given to sites that consistently receive outstanding traveler reviews. Approximately one million people visit Yad Vashem annually. TripAdvisor is a […]
The strike at the Foreign Ministry and its consulates worldwide has left hundreds people stranded, including several from South Florida. “All I really need is someone to put a stamp in my passport” that expired last month, Delray Beach, Florida businessman Shimon Cohen told the Miami Herald. He charged that the strike violated his “basic […]
By JTA
The decision to eject the senior class of the Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn from a flight was not anti-Semitic, an internal school report found. AirTran Airways “abused its discretion” in forcing the 101 students off the early morning flight June 3 to their senior trip in Atlanta, according to the report, obtained by the […]
Scenes of Jews davening on the side of the highway just as common in the Jersey Turnpike as they are in Israel, but the country’s north-south superhighway “6” toll road now has mobile synagogues.
By JTA
The senior class of Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn was kicked off a flight Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Atlanta on Monday for being “non-compliant.” Flight attendants said the students did not stay seated and continued to use their mobile devices in advance of takeoff, despite their requests as well as from the […]
Obama has been cited for expensive golf outings. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn: $2,700 for ice cream and $125,000 for an airplane bed. Indulgence or the price of public office?
June 26, 2026 
