Travel

Gay Pride Week in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

The city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa’s annual Gay Pride Parade will focus for the first time on Israel’s transgender people.

Herod the Great’s Israel

Epic was the king’s preferred scale. He planned, sited, sourced and landscaped structures of classical antiquity across Israel and the West Bank.

In Israel, Opera Echoes From Rocks and Ruins

In the Judean Desert, with the mountain fortress Masada as a backdrop, the Israeli Opera mounts a “festival out of nothing.”

Hoping War-Weary Tourists Will Return to Israel

After a drop in visitors during this summer’s Gaza conflict, tourism officials are looking for a rebound.

Wet Hot Israeli Summer

I thought the trip might provide an opportunity to meet hot girl-sabras. I didn’t realize that it was really a chance to be with my father.

In Tel Aviv, a Port Is Reborn

Over the last decade, the city’s Namal port has been transformed into a leisure destination, with a boardwalk, restaurants and a farmers’ market.

In Israel, a Hint of New England

The Shalom Hotel and Relax in Tel Aviv mixes the décor of New England with the views of the Mediterranean.

Going Rogue

By TIM ADAMS

Claire Danes plays an endearingly intense spy on “Homeland,” so where better to film season 2 than in the work-hard-play-hard city of Tel Aviv?