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Taybeh Brewery OKTOBERFEST

Press release by the Taybeh Brewery: Greetings from Taybeh! My husband, the Mayor of Taybeh, David C. Khoury and of all of our local civic organizations ask that you save the dates of Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12, 2008 for the 4th Annual Taybeh Oktoberfest With the opening celebration at 11:00 am Oct […]

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Rabbic Student on Hebron Tour

Excerpts from the blog: Velveteen RabbiEarly on Thursday morning, eleven strangers gathered at the New Gate to the Old City and piled into a van heading for the West Bank. Before the checkpoint, we were advised to hide anything visibly Jewish, lest the soldiers decide to pull us out of the van and ask us […]

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Dahab Sinai Retreat

Fred Schlomka For the next few days I’ll be working from a Bedouin Tent on the beach of Dahab, on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula. The tent is equipped with broadband wireless internet which makes it convenient to update the web site, post to the blog, email, and internet phone calls. Of course […]

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Taybeh Brewery New Tour

Fred Schlomka A new tour to the Taybeh Brewery will begin this coming week, and be conducted every Tuesday. The tour will be a combination of recreation and education, focusing on the Israeli settlements to the east of Jerusalem and ending up at the family run brewer in the Christian village of Taybeh, about 15 […]

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Pilot Tour to Jenin and the Freedom Theatre

Fred SchlomkaA private client was conducted yesterday on a tour of Jenin and visited the refugee camp and the Freedom Theatre. This is the first of many tours to Jenin which will be offered by ToursInEnglish.com on a weekly basis beginning in August. Using the arts as a model for social change, The Freedom Theatre […]

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Taglit Birthright

Fred SchlomkaA convergence happened today that convinced me that ToursInEnglish.com was on the right track. Two young men who had completed the Taglit Birthright program reunited at an event through their participation in our tours.One of them took the Hebron tour yesterday and heard from the guide about the Friday demonstration at Bi’ilin, a West […]

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Hebron Tour creates profound impact

Fred SchlomkaI received an email from a visitor who took the Hebron Tour a couple of weeks ago which said in part: “This tour was one of the most profound experiences of my life. It changed my outlook completely on Israel/Palestine issues” It’s always gratifying when someone takes the time to let me know how […]

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West Bank and Gaza Forum

Fred SchlomkaA new public forum for the West Bank and Gaza has been opened on the world’s largest travel site, TripAdvisor.com. I plan to be a regular contributor there, answering questions and offering advice to people traveling to the Palestinian Territories. See you there!

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Renaissance in Ramallah

Fred SchlomkaRamallah, in contrast to East Jerusalem’s decline, has become the center of Palestinian Arab culture and economic growth. With investments from the Gulf States, and a renewed cash flow in the Palestinian Authority, the city is experiencing a construction boom, and cultural renaissance.The Palestinian Authority has 30,000 new affordable housing units planned during the […]

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Safety and Risk in the West Bank

There is also another special article addressing the special concerns of solo female travellers – at this link.  Updated: January 2021- by Green Olive staff Safety and Security Currently only Israeli citizens or legal residents are permitted to fly into the country Israelis are now being vaccinated against CoVid-19 faster than any other country. It’s likely that […]

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Jerusalem Tour . . . . for one

Fred SchlomkaYesterday I received a call from a lady while I was driving in to Jerusalem. She was interested in a private Jerusalem tour and I just happened to have a few hours available in the afternoon. This young woman had just completed a United Jewish Appeal (UJA) tour of Israel and wanted some balance […]

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Jericho in style – Intercontinental Hotel

by Fred Schlomka –My wife and I needed a weekend off so we took the kids and headed off to the Intercontinental Hotel in Jericho. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat built it in the heyday of the Oslo era, complete with a casino that attracted droves of Israelis in the mid-nineties. However it was closed for […]

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