Israel has a fine collection of English speaking bloggers, some of whom are regularly called to the front line during times of huge international media interest (as in the recent Gaza war, for example). Other bloggers just amaze and delight us with their own unique take on life in the Holy Land.
Our collection below includes the best of the best, 25 bloggers (UPDATE: we removed a number of blogs as they weren’t simply writing anymore, shame) that we feel you should be taking a look at, especially if you’re interested in knowing how the Holy Land really ticks…
Note: This list includes blogs that have been updated recently, while blogs that are either too political or too right/left wing aren’t here. Some blogs that should be on this list haven’t been updated for some months, hence their absence.
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Lisa Goldman – AKA On the Face. Israel-Canadian. Freelance journalist/writer. Resident of Tel Aviv. The unofficial queen of Israel blogging. Two excellent articles here and here. Needs to practice her beer drinking. |
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Liza Rosenberg – AKA Something Something. A writer, a mother, a coffee drinker, and an ex-blogging partner of mine. An excellent article here. |
| Dutchblog Israel – Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin, is a Dutch-Jewish historian with an interesting view of the Holy Land. |
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TelAvivi – A newcomer to the blogging scene in Tel Aviv, this Russian/English blog has some great tips and photos of life in The City That Never Sleeps. |
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Green Prophet – The Middle East has never been greener – Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets. |
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Israellycool – Inside the mind of an Ozraeli. Aussie Dave also does a lot of live blogging in times of interest. |
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The Big Felafel – Essential tips for living in Israel. Molly, Rebecca and Shira write about the joys of living in Israel and provide some great tips and tricks for surviving in the Holy Land. |
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Stefanella’s Drive Thru – A writer-type-editor-producer person living in Tel Aviv, she writes about goings on, Israel, U.S., observations, movement, travel, humor, fashion, fun! |
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Jerusalem Wanderings – Daily life in Jerusalem, thoughts on the peace process, on the people living in this country, brainstorming, dreams, and personal stuff. |
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Jewlicious – A pool of writers that have made this site quite possibly the King of all things Jewish. |
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Goy’s Guide to Israel – A goy (a non-Jew) writing some excellent stuff about living in the Holy Land, including this. |
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Cousin Lucy’s Spoon – Some kind of memoir by an American-Israeli, and famous for her Friday afternoon soup meetups. |
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Ouriel Ohayon – Professional Internet geezer, French, writes about all the good techy things (often Israeli intiated) that we should know about. |
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Nizo’s Blog – An insanely libidinous Palestinian muses on the Missile East and more…enjoys freckled redheads, baklava and chiseled chins. |
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Israeli Blogger – IsraeliBlogger is a blog devoted to showing the beauty / daily life in Israel, so if you love Israel – give it a try! |