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Israel Childrens Museum
An experiential educational facility for children aged between 2½ and 11, the museum includes a magic forest and butterfly enclosure for toddlers and a mega-cool aliens experience for older children. Advance bookings are essential.
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Beit Lohamei HaGeta’ot
Founded in 1949, the same year as the kibbutz, Beit Lohamei HaGeta’ot – the first museum in the world dedicated to the Holocaust – focuses on Jewish resistance, including the uprisings in the ghettos and camps and the bravery of the partisans.
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Tzfat Gallery of Mystical Art
Avraham Loewenthal, who hails from Detroit, is happy to explain the symbolism of his colourful, abstract works, which are based on Kabbalistic concepts. Call ahead for a private viewing. Situated across the street from HaMa’ayan HaRadum Sq.
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Chapel of the Flagellation
The Chapel of the Flagellation is where Jesus is said to have been flogged. Built in 1929, the design on the domed ceiling incorporates the crown of thorns and the windows of the chapel around the altar show the mob who witnessed the event.
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Cave of the 40 Holy Monks
Under the compound of the Greek Orthodox Bishopric, this network of caves is named after 40 monks killed here by the Romans in the 1st century. To find the street entrance, look for a sign reading Ancient Holy Cave; if the door is closed, call.
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Gan Ha’Em
On the crest of Mt Carmel, across from the upper terminus of the Carmelit metro line, this shady, kid-friendly public garden – whose name means Mother’s Park – has a zoo, a playground and an amphitheatre that hosts concerts on summer evenings.
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Chelouche Gallery
This contemporary art gallery is set in the neoclassical Twin House, a 1920s building with two identical wings designed by Joseph Berlin as a residence for himself and his brother. The welcoming Tolaat Sfarim (Book Worm) Cafe and Bookshop is on the ground floor.
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Safed Craft Pottery
UK-born potter Daniel Flatauer works in the English studio pottery tradition, producing tableware, kitchenware and Judaica that is both functional and extraordinarily beautiful. He has the only salt kiln in Israel – if you’re not sure what that means, ask him!
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Nordau Beach
This is the city’s religious beach, where men and women are segregated. Women can use the beach on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday; it’s the men’s turn on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It’s open to everyone on Saturday, when observant Jews don’t go to the beach.
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Church of Mary Magdalene
The seven golden onion-shaped domes of the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene form one of Jerusalem’s most attractive and surprising landmarks. Built in 1888 by Alexander III in memory of his mother, the church is now a convent and has one of the city’s best choirs.
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Nisco Museum
This offbeat collection of mechanical music instruments was assembled by New York–born Nisan Cohen, whos happy to play records from his Yiddish music archive on a vintage Victrola. Situated a few hundred metres down the hill (towards Rte 4) from the gate to Ein Hod.
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Hilton Beach
Named after the nearby hotel, Hilton Beach is divided into three parts: the city’s unofficial gay beach is in the middle, the dog-walkers beach is to the north (it’s the only beach where dogs are officially allowed) and surfers hang 10 near the breakwater in the south.
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HaMeyasdim Street
Zichron Yaakovs late-19th-century main street, now pedestrianised, is lined with restored stone houses, many of them – along with nearby courtyards – converted into boutiques, jewellery shops and cafes. Great for a stroll. The area is at its most bustling on Shabbat.
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Midreshet Ben
A satellite campus of Be’er Sheva’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The campus is well known for its environmental research and incorporates institutions including the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Centre.
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Tishbi Winery
Tours of this family-run winery include a chance to taste its excellent vintages. The wonderfully rustic restaurant is open from 8am to 3pm Sunday to Thursday and to 2pm on Friday. Situated 3km south of the centre of Zichron Ya’acov on the road to Binyamina (Rte 652).
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North Beach
The main stretch of beach in town, North Beach stretches from the Meridien Hotel past the lagoons and all the way to the Jordanian border. Its backdrop of high-rise hotels and a promenade of bars, cafes and restaurants means that it is perennially crowded and full of action.
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Tomb of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, Judaisms most eminent 1st-century sage, played a central role in replacing animal sacrifices – the raison dêtre of the Temple in Jerusalem, destroyed in 70 CE – with prayer. His grave site is a just few metres from the grave of Cordova-born sage the Rambam
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Ancient Synagogue
Situated about midway between the Wadi David and Wadi Arugot ticket offices, this 5th-century CE synagogue sports a superb mosaic floor decorated with the 12 signs of the zodiac and three Aramaic inscriptions, one of which calls down a curse on anyone who is quarrelsome, slanderous
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Levinsky Spice Market
Equally beloved by celebrity chefs and local cooks, this aromatic stretch of stores along Levinsky St near the Central Bus Station was established in the 1920s by Balkan immigrants. This is where locals in the know come to source fresh spices, dried fruit, olive oil, cheese and oth
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She’an Nights
This after-dark multimedia spectacular in English or Hebrew brings alive the ruins with projected images but is not a satisfactory substitute for a daylight visit – its too dark to read the signs and most of the site is off-limits. Its cancelled if it rains. Call ahead for reservat
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