Mama Mia! El Al Dropped For Alitalia
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Will they be playing “Aveinu Shalom Aleichem” in Italian? The Israeli government has decided to drop national airline El Al in favor of Italy’s Alitalia as its carrier of...
View ArticleLessons In Danger, And Resolve
by Stewart Ain and Steve Lipman Staff Writers Jessica Leifer, a college student studying Hebrew this summer at the University of Haifa, went into a bomb shelter for the first time last Thursday just...
View ArticleMixed Effect On Tourism
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer After a harrowing vacation in Belize in February — during which they huddled in a room for three hours to escape gunmen who had taken over the hotel next door and robbed...
View ArticleThe Private Skies
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer El Al, Israel’s national airline, will become a totally private operation by the end of this year, the company has disclosed, and may be flying on the Sabbath and Jewish...
View ArticleInsurers Consider Ban On Denial For Israel Travel
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Travelers to Israel or other international destinations could no longer be denied life insurance if a proposal by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is...
View ArticleNo Day Of Rest For El Al?
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer The chairman of the newly privatized El Al Israel Airlines, Izzy Borovich, is up in the air on whether El Al will fly on the Sabbath. “The issue of Shabbat, besides being a...
View ArticleFar From The 2000 Crowd
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Y2K fears are expected to keep throngs of visitors, notably Christians, from ringing in the New Year in the official destination of the millennium. So acknowledges Israel’s...
View ArticleGiving Blood Made Easier For Israel Visitors
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Saying there cannot be a greater expression of solidarity with the people of Israel, Jewish leaders here announced that arrangements have been made for visitors to Israel...
View ArticleDon't Take Your iPad to Israel
If you just bought the new iPad from Apple and your thinking about what a luxury it will be on your eleven-plus hour flight to Israel... think again!read more
View ArticleA Case For More Teen Israel Trips
David Bryfman and Steven M. Cohen Special To The Jewish Week Two recent studies show that trips for younger kids have the same impact as Birthright. In two months, approximately 60,000 Jewish freshmen...
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