If you’re looking for a pleasant picnic spot, and to spend a few hours out in the sun communing with nature, why not try Nahal Alexander, near Netanya. The JNF has restored the area and there are..

Free Sites to Visit Around the Country During Hol HaMoed Pesach.

The month of costumes and kreplach and candy are behind me. And the month of ajax and windex and clorox is upon me. Oy. This morning, though, I chose to devote myself to reading instead of cleaning. I decided to read every single “Top 10 Ways to Make Pesach Cleaning Easier” list I could get my hands/browser on. Below are my Top 10, Top 10 favorite tips. Enjoy, Jewish mom! Hope these help to make Passover cleaning easier for you (and for me) this year…

I lost my voice this week for 3 days. Any of my friends can tell you that I’m quite a chatty person, and for me, vocal rest is the equivalent of waterboarding. Ok, maybe not that bad, but I’m not happy needing to observe near monastic silence.

I love Israel – whatever landscape you want to see, you just need to get in your car, drive a bit, and without even passing a single border - you’ll find it sooner than later! Deserts and forests, mountains and seas, wild flowers, flat lands, wine country and much more all in a few hours drive of each other. Today I want to recommend that you visit the cliffs and water grottoes that lie at the north eastern tip of Israel in Rosh HaNikra.

This week we meet Tal Erin Shamberg, an exceptional home organizer and life coach who teaches us how to get it together! israelkids.co.il

Hiking in Israel with your family and friends is one of the best ways to explore Israel. Givat Haturmusim is one of the most popular hikes at this time of year. The ’turmusim’, purple flowers pictured below, are gorgeous and the weather is still not too hot for your kids. This is a fantastic family activity for chol hamoed pesach or any time of the year.

Israel Kids presents you with a full list of Keitanot (camps) for the week before Pesach 2012.

Tel Aviv is hopping this week with its regular kids shows and new events like "One hundred years of Israeli Soccer", "One thousand and one nights", a theater production, and the children’s opera is putting on "The Marriage of Figaro". These shows and all of this week’s events are sure to be a hit.

Under normal circumstances, moms wouldn’t want to see their children in a prison…but in the case….I actually recommend making a point of taking your loved ones there yourself! The Museum of Underground Prisoners, located in the Russian Compound of Jerusalem is the building that served as the central prison in the time of the British Mandate.