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On the day I was leaving, I saw this article from AP about the Israeli Clean Tech economy . Combine that with what I saw at Better Place ...

As I watched the video at the Better Place facility in Israel, I found myself thinking: “if this works, it completely changes the face of...

It’s not everyday that you get to the see the future. But my visit to the Better Place Visitor facility was one of those days. BetterPl...

is doing the stuff you would do at home, but doing it in another place. It’s easy to go to the touristy places. But, to see how other pe...

In 9th grade, my mom made me take typing with Mrs. Balow. I knew that typing was an important part of the industrial economy, but I had NO...

What other people do in 1 day, we did in 3. Our travel goals are simple: one activity per day, 4 hours round trip. So, in “doing Jerus...

In the Middle East, everyone is a political commentator. We took a cab with a 60 year old Arab cab driver in Jerusalem. Hebrew speakers ...

Image via CrunchBase Nowadays, road trips require DVD players in minivans. And international/long distance travel? Well, they r...

Image via Wikipedia One of the stereotypes of Israelis is that they are rude, brusque, and that customer service is a concept that do...

The Pareto Principle (aka the 80-20 rule) definitely applies to trips/travel as well. No matter how long the trip or the vacation, by the ...

Bringing one back from the classics… Travelling in Malaysia in 1998, I came upon 3 Canadian backpackers. You know, of course, who the Ca...

Image via Wikipedia Part of the travel experience is embedding a sense of curiosity in my children. The other part is the family bo...

In case you missed yesterday’s post or prefer an audio version, I recorded this Cinchcast. Listen here.  

Twenty years ago on the eve of my first big visit to Israel, my father asked some friends of our family to give me some travel advice. The...

Sometimes, it is good to have programs designed for kids. Sometimes, you can take the attitude of “no matter what, we can make this exci...

I watched the Super Bowl in Bogota, Colombia this year. In the lobby of my hotel in the afternoon prior to the game, I met two guys who we...

Just sharing how I do it in this video and hopefully, it will be valuable for you.

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Two really seismic events happened within days of each other while we were in Israel. The firs...

Though jet-lagged, Day 1 was an active one. We took the kids to Beit Guvrin where we participated in a program run by Archaeological Sem...

My grandmother could never understand why someone would travel from America to Israel. “Why do you want to go to a war zone?” she would as...