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JNF-USA “Food and wine” mission visit the Western Galilee

A young group from the JNF-USA “Food and wine” mission came to visit the Western Galilee fro three days and three nights. During these great days together they visited our Western Galilee now association members and learnt of the true importance of tourism in our region. The mission visited various members with a family or social orientation Thank you JNF-USA Go North!  

Western Galilee Now Association is Making Community Art

A few years ago, Western Galilee Now Association decided to bring in Artists and Craftsmen to the Tourism and business field. It created many creative cooperation and it is the foundation to the Space Gallery now bringing on a new exhibition and to the July Art project, allowing people a personal upfront encounter with the Western Galilee artists and their work space. Lately we have opened those doors even wider apart and decided to bring in our neighbors and friends from old Akko to create with us. We reached out to the “Lighthouse” Community Center and began a collaboration with one of the children’s groups. Our neighbor from the coffee shop across the Information center, donated his white wall and together with the children and the Mosaic artist Dalit Benshalom we created a Mosaic wall, projecting the children’s sense of belonging and pride. We hope this is the first meeting of many.

Akko Celebrates A Comeback After The May Riots



Hosting New York Times Columnist Joan Nathan here in the Western Galilee

It was a great day with Joan Nathan and her family up North. Joan Nathan is a renowned writer and New York Times Columnist, who is the author of 11 cookbooks, including “Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France,” which NPR named one of the 10 best cookbooks of 2010, and “Jewish Cooking in America,” which earned the James Beard Award for the best American cookbook in 1994.  She is a popular broadcaster, who amassed a large following from her PBS television series, who was senior producer of “Passover: Traditions of Freedom,” an award-winning documentary sponsored by Maryland Public Television, and who has appeared as a guest on numerous radio and television programs.  And she is a passionate history buff, who in 2011 was awarded a Special Recognition Award from the YIVO Institute for her work to preserve Jewish food culture. Joan is a member of the JNF Speaker’s Bureau The tour was lead by  Nurit Poran and Paul Nirens, from Western Galilee Now, with a culinary and walking tour of Tarshiha and home Druze hospitality in Yarka. It was a colorful mosaic of culture in the North.

Akko Info Center Reopens!

JLIM-JNF Mission visit Akko and the Western Galilee

We were so happy to host the JLIM-JNF Mission in the Western Galilee. On the 2-3 of July the mission visited Kishor winery in the special village of Kishorit where they enjoyed great wine and a beautiful story.  The next day was dedicated to the Action race guided by our tour guide Omri Avidar. The game is such an amzing way to get to know the city.  WE ended the day with Tosha founders Tomer and Shahaf who told us about their story creating the business and sent us on our way .with a wonderful “lunch box”   We were happy to host them at the JNF-USA tourist information center and tell them about our partnership and the Go North project.

It was a pleasure to host the Alexander muss students who came to spend six months in Israel, in spite of the current global situation. They are getting to know Israel, connecting to the people, the land and volunteering in different projects. We are admiring their vision and persistence in their close partnership with JNF-USA. We decided to host them here in the Western Galilee, in the best well known hospitality of the Western Galilee tourism.

The New Akko Photography Exhibition is on its Way!

We have been collecting Akko Photographs from participants who share with us the endless love for Akko. We have just finished to collect the photographs and begin now, to curate an exhibition of Akko through the eyes of the people. It is amazing to see Akko through different eyes, each one showing us a different angle and perspective of thus beautiful city. Keep in touch and learn all about it.

It was a pleasure hosting Journalist and Blogger Anna Duek from Brazil

We had beautiful days with journalist Ana Dueck in the Western Galilee, visiting us from Brazil. It is such a beautiful region and we enjoy making the human connection to responsible, sensitive and heart warming tourism in our area. Thank you Ana, it was Great to meet you, See you back soon!

Hosting Tour guides on a Ministry of Tourism training day on the subject of- Man, Community and Art in the Western Galilee

We are Happy to host another successful and fruitful day based on our collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism. It was a special training day for tour guides on the subject of  Man, Community and Art in the Western Galilee. We enjoyed meeting at the JNF-USA tourist information center in old Akko. We visited a group of Western Galilee Now’s wonderful Tourism operators and enjoyed the guidance of tour guide Ayelet Bar Meir. It is always a great opportunity to expose tour guides to the interesting and high quality tourism of the Western Galilee and creating new ambassadors to our region.