TRAVEL NEWS [ more » ]

Christmas shopping lures locals By RON FRIEDMAN Israelis can get package including flight, hotel and personal stylist. Ministry plans to invest millions in attracting tourists to J'lem By ABE SELIG New program brands Israel as "the Holy Land, with Jerusalem at its center." The Travel Adviser: The costs of flying in style, and what the various airlines offer By MARK FELDMAN Business class sections on airplanes are now filling up again to pre-recession levels.

AROUND ISRAEL [ more » ]

Walk on eggs By DAVID SIMONS Tread carefully when you visit Israel's largest concentration of 'helmonit gedola,' one of the country's most impressive flowers. Music, food and fun By ASI GAL Every Hanukka, city dwellers travel north, attracted by the promise of clean air, verdant landscapes and masses of things to do. Impressions from a 1st-century underground quarry By BRIAN BLONDY It takes only a few steps to go from the dusty, remote Jordan Valley into a world that has remained untouched for nearly two thousand years.

TEL AVIV [ more » ]

Tel Aviv's new home away from home By EMILY HOCHBERG HaMaoz, the latest addition to Tel Aviv's bar scene, is designed as a fully operating apartment, down to the last detail. Documenting 'the moment before the catastrophe' By AKIN AJAYI Tel Aviv's 'Local Testimony' photo exhibit aims to show the unease of everyday reality in Israel. A wildfire of art in Tel Aviv By MYA GUARNIERI Hundreds of exhibitions are on display in he citywide Month of Art, incorporating the Art TLV biennale.

JERUSALEM [ more » ]

Incoming tourism up 9% in October By SHARON WROBEL Meseznikov: Goal is to bring additional 3 million tourists within 3 years. In with the new - and the old By RUTH EGLASH Jerusalem's Mamilla Hotel's minimalistic aesthetic is at once both modernistic and reflective of the history around it. Heavenly Angelica By JEREMY COLLINS Angelica takes kosher fine dining to a whole new level with its seasonal dishes with fine grill touches.