Israel’s Ministry of Tourism runs a YouTube channel called Visit Israel, where it posts short films about the country. The videos are designed to give tourists a taste for a holiday in the Holy Land, and I have to admit they work!

If there wasn’t so much to do here at the editorial office and my family didn’t need me to cook, clean and prepare the house for tomorrow’s Shabbat, I would have packed my swimming trunks and gone to the beach long ago.

Instead, I watch the ministry’s promotional video again:

And when you are convinced and do make the journey to the Promised Land, do be sure to stop in and say hello at our offices in downtown Jerusalem.