First Aliyah
The First Aliyah (1882 to 1903) brought the first wave of European Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine. The moshavot (farming villages) founded in those years became the spine of pre-state Jewish life. Posts here include Zichron Yaakov on the southern Carmel, the moshavot of the Judean coastal plain, and the early Jewish farming villages around the Hula Valley.
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Settlements of the Judean Coastal Plain
Zichron Yaakov and surroundings
A field trip from Zichron Yaakov and the First Aliyah pioneers to Baron de Rothschild's mausoleum at Ramat Hanadiv, the Etzel and Roman ruins at Shuni, the Mei Kedem aqueduct and the Atlit detention camp.
Hula Valley
A day in the Hula Valley: Rosh Pina's restored First Aliyah old town, the Mitzpe Nimrod lookout, the Crusader Castle of Chastellet, the Mishmar Hayarden memorial and the Hula and Agamon reserves at dusk when half a billion migrating birds land.
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