Kiryat Yam (Hebrew: קִרְיַת יָם, lit. Sea Town; Arabic: كريات يام) is a town in the Haifa Bay district of Israel, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Haifa.
Population: 37,639
Latitude: 32° 50' 58.78" N
Longitude: 35° 04' 11.03" E
The Galilee earthquake of 1837, often called the Safed earthquake, shook the Galilee on January 1 and is one of a number of moderate to large events that have occurred along the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system that marks the boundary of two te…
Domus Galilaeae or House of Galilee (Hebrew: בית הגליל), located on the peak of Mount of Beatitudes, above and north of Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee, is a Christian meeting place used for seminars and conventions.
Tel Ubeidiya (Tel-`Ubaydiyya; Hebrew: תל-עובידיה; Arabic: تل العبيدية), some 3 km south of Lake Tiberias, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the Pleistocene, ca. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of the earliest…
The Mansion of Bahjí (Arabic: delight) is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, died in 1892. His shrine is located next to this house.
Doha Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון דוחא, Etztadion Doha; Arabic: ستاد دوحة) is the current home of Bnei Sakhnin.
The Carmel Tunnels (Hebrew: מנהרות הכרמל, Minharot HaCarmel; also known as Route 23) are a set of road tunnels in Haifa, Israel. The tunnels' purpose is to reduce road congestion in the Haifa area and to provide an alternate route of reaching the e…
Yarka (Hebrew: יִרְכָּא, Arabic: يركا) is a Druze village in Israel's North District, northeast of Acre.
Yahad (Hebrew: יחד, lit. Together) is a small kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
The Ghetto Fighters' House (Hebrew: בית לוחמי הגטאות, Beit Lohamei Ha-Getaot), full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Documentation and Study Center, was founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot…
The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue, located in Safed, Israel, was built in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, (1534 - 1572), who was known as the "Ari". It dates from the late 16th-century, it being constructed several years after the death of Luria, a great kab…
According to Jewish tradition, the Tomb of Maimonides (Hebrew: קבר הרמב"ם translit. Kever ha-Rambam) is located in central Tiberias, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Maimonides died in Fustat, Egypt on 20 December 1204, where it …
Shavei Tzion (Hebrew: שָׁבֵי צִיּוֹן, lit. Returnees to Zion) is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a popu…
Sa'ar (Hebrew: סַעַר, lit. Storm) is a kibbutz in the western Galilee in Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.
Mensa Christi is a Roman Catholic church located in Nazareth, in northern Israel.
Kiryat Haim (Hebrew: קריית חיים pronounced [kiʁˈjat ˈχa.im]) is one of the five Krayot suburbs located north of Haifa, Israel.
The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (Hebrew: בית הספר הריאלי העברי בחיפה), (known as the Reali School, or Beit Hasefer Hareali) located in Haifa, Israel, is one of the country's oldest private schools.
Bat Galim (Hebrew: בת גלים, lit. Daughter of the Waves) is a neighborhood of Haifa, Israel, located at the foot of Mt. Carmel on the Mediterranean coast.
Al-Sinnabra or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern day Israel. The tell upon which al-Sinnabra was situated, Khirbet Kerak or Bet Yerah, is one of the largest in the Levan…