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Airside duty-free rotunda, Terminal 3 departures at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo by Manuel Schneider, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
April 2, 2025, 10:30 am
Ahead of Passover, Israelis warned Hamas, Iran may target travelers and Jews abroad
Terrorists expected to ramp up attacks amid ‘deteriorating situation in Gaza,’ National Security Council says
By Lazar Berman
A Delta Air Lines plane. (Courtesy of Delta Air Lines)
April 2, 2025, 10:20 am
Delta resumes flights to Israel
The U.S. carrier is restoring its daily service to Tel Aviv from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
By JNS
El Al Israel Airlines (Credit: Courtesy)
March 24, 2025, 10:42 am
Israel plans international airport near Beersheva
A cross-party initiative envisions the facility being built five miles southeast of the capital of the Negev.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Shabbat in Jerusalem will enable participants to meaningfully connect. (Photo by Haley Black via Pexels)
March 21, 2025, 4:03 pm
Joint trip to Israel seeks to build community in Pittsburgh
'I think the true benefit of bringing the Jewish community together across multiple congregations is the opportunity to form relationships before, during and after the trip that will make this more than a singular experience'
By Adam Reinherz
From left, Uri and Tamar Heller and Beverly Siegel and Howard Rieger shopping for hats in Panama City’s Old Town (Photo courtesy of Beverly Siegel)
March 14, 2025, 9:08 am
Discovering Panama’s kosher delights
Where food meets tradition in a tropical paradise
By Beverly Siegel
(Photo by Marina Hinic via Pexels)
December 31, 2024, 11:23 am
Digital entry procedure for tourists to Israel begins Jan. 1
Visitors, unless they already have a visa, should apply online at least 72 hours before arrival.
By JNS Staff
Momentum participants gather in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Photo courtesy of Tara Surloff)
December 23, 2024, 11:24 am
Momentum from tour leaves Pittsburghers with unified message: Visit Israel
'There is no replacement for being in a place and actually talking to people there'
By Adam Reinherz
Arthur Frommer on a trip to Berlin in the 1950s. (Courtesy Frommers.com)
November 20, 2024, 2:11 pm
Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
He wrote his first travel book as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Berlin.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israel’s booth at the World Travel Market tourism fair in London. (Photo by Israel Kasnett)
September 30, 2024, 3:33 pm
State of Israeli tourism after a year of war
The Swords of Iron War disrupted the Israel tourism industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
By JNS
Ben Pinkston prays at Masada National Park in Israel. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Braslawsce)
August 23, 2024, 11:42 am
Squirrel Hill teen visits Poland and Israel with Chabad
After three weeks of traveling and learning, Ben Pinkston returned to Pittsburgh with new friends and insights
By Adam Reinherz
(Gietje, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
August 6, 2024, 8:00 pm
US airlines extend Israel flight cancellations to September
The decision by Delta and United leaves El Al as the only airline offering direct service to and from the United States this summer.
By JSN Staff
Fara Marcus is participating in an 18-month fellowship with the JCCA. (Photo courtesy of Fara Marcus)
June 21, 2024, 11:15 am
Israel trip and fellowship redefine JCC officer’s passion for community
As a Jewish professional working in philanthropy, 'I talk about community and the impact of a gift ... I understand it now on a higher level”
By Adam Reinherz
In 2022, Rabbi Shlomo Silverman led a group of CMU students to Israel for the first time in two years as part of the Birthright Israel program. (Photo provided by Chabad of Carnegie Mellon University.)
December 20, 2023, 4:12 pm
Birthright is resuming its free trips to Israel for the first time since Oct. 7
Around 350 participants, primarily from the United States, are expected to travel to Israel beginning the week of Jan. 5, 2024.
By Deborah Danan
Rabbi Yitzi Genack, center, delivers cards to Israeli soldiers during a mission to Israel last month. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Yitzi Genack)
December 14, 2023, 8:12 am
Proposed mission to Israel aims to strengthen Jewish peoplehood
'It’s all of our responsibility to actively demonstrate to Jews around the world that we care about them'
By Adam Reinherz
Women enter a Jewish restaurant in central Athens, March 28, 2023. Greek police sources said they arrested two men who targeted the building. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images)
November 3, 2023, 5:35 pm
Israel tells its citizens to ‘reevaluate’ travel and not wear Jewish symbols abroad
In particular, it specified several areas as dangerous: the Middle East, Arab countries, the region surrounding Iran and the North Caucasus.
By Ron Kampeas
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