Course Thoughts

Reflections from the two-year Israeli tour-guide course (2012–2014) and the licensing exams that followed. Less about the sites visited (those live in the geographic categories) and more about the process: what the course was like, the breadth of material covered, and what it took to qualify.

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Samuel Green - Licensed Tour Guide in Israel

Course Thoughts

Accepted!

I passed the va'adat kabalah, including an 8-10 minute Hebrew speech on the history of hip hop (not, it turns out, a subject the panel had previously encountered). The course starts in October.

Oct 2012 · 2 minute read

What guests say

If you are going to Israel, you would be mad not to give him a call.
Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster

Having been on trips in Israel with seven different tour guides, Samuel stood above all the rest.
Seasoned Israel traveller

Samuel is one part walking encyclopedia, one part storyteller, one part stand-up comedian.
Berkeley Haas Business School student

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