Israel: Golan Heights

  • Lake Ram, A Crater Lake In The Shadow of Mount Hermon, Israel

    Lake Ram, A Crater Lake In The Shadow of Mount Hermon, Israel

    On our 3 night vacation just before Passover, we explored so many beautiful spots in the Golan Heights in Northern Israel. One such spot that I’d never even heard of is Lake Ram, a crater lake in the shadow of Mount Hermon, and in the middle of a Druze village. With pick your own cherries…

  • Stunning Views From The Car On A Golan Heights Road Trip

    Stunning Views From The Car On A Golan Heights Road Trip

    Imagine seeing a snow capped Mount Hermon as you are driving down the road? Yes my friends, that was in fact the case on our road trip across the Golan Heights just before Passover, and there were so many great sights from the car window that I just had to share them with you! This…

  • A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel

    A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel

    A stunning snow-topped mountain with a lovely pond and blooming fruit trees in the foreground, mingling with rolling green hills? It doesn’t get much better than that, especially on a cool spring day with blue skies! A few weeks ago we were able to work really hard preparing the house for Passover and take a…

  • We Spotted The Rare Golan Iris, In The Golan!

    On Shabbat HaGadol we spent a glorious three nights at a Moshav in the Golan called Keshet. The weather was spectacular and the walks just outside our door were wonderful and so very inspiring as this was an area of Israel with which we were not really acquainted, though it is just an hour’s drive…

  • Cyclamen Bloom In The Golan Heights!

    Cyclamen Bloom In The Golan Heights!

    This past week we spent three nights in a lovely Moshav (agricultural community) by the name of Keshet, and wow, all the flowers in bloom made our stay even more lovely. Many of the stone walls were home to bunches of cyclamen in bloom, and while they may have been planted and are not wild,…

  • Judas Tree Blooms In Keshet, Israel

    Judas Tree Blooms In Keshet, Israel

    One of my greatest pleasures when spring comes to Northern Israel are the abundance of flowering wildflowers, bushes and trees, in addition to orchards full of fruit trees! The Judas Tree, or Red Bud tree, or in hebrew klil hahoresh blooms with bright pink flowers and native trees dot the landscape with pops of color…

  • A Trip To The Orthodontist In The Golan Heights!

    A view of the top of the Kinneret (Lake Tiberius) from Moshav Ramot, Western Golan Heights Who would have thought that a visit to the orthodontist would mean getting acquainted with a gorgeous moshav on the western border of the Golan Heights? Not me. Don’t orthodontists see patients in city offices? Here in Israel, one…