Dead Sea Fun

Coffee Sleeves Promote the Dead Sea as One of the New7wonders of Nature

A coffee sleeve promoting the Dead Sea as one of the New7Wonders of Nature was released this week and can be picked up at participating coffee shops across North America.

An initiative of the Israel Ministry of Tourism, each coffee sleeve features the slogan, "Anywhere else this would be just a lake, but this is the Dead Sea," and on the back, encourages travelers to vote for the Dead Sea by visiting its designated website, www.votedsea.com.

List of Cafes that have the coffee sleeves.

Read the full article at Israel Ministry of Tourism Facebook

Must be 50 to Apply: JNF Hosts Israel Trip for First-timers

Sponsored trips to Israel for teenagers and young adults who have never been to the Jewish state are more popular than ever. That gave the folks at the Jewish National Fund pause: Where's the trip for older people who want to visit Israel but maybe can't afford the full ride?

A grant from the Los Angeles–based Jesse Simon Charitable Foundation is helping to make that trip a reality.

The L'dor V'dor Israel Experience, now registering participants for its first mission Feb. 19-28, 2012, offers people 50 and older who have never been to Israel (or who haven't visited in the last 10 years) the opportunity to tour the Holy Land with JNF for 10 days.

Note the optional side trip to Masada and the Dead Sea!

Read the full article at JWeekly.com

Archaeologist Thomas Levy Explores the Dead Sea Area

For professor Thomas Levy, the comparisons to Indiana Jones are almost unavoidable.

The UC San Diego archaeologist, whose work will be honored by the international Explorers Club in October, has spent his career combing the deserts of the Middle East for clues about ancient civilizations.

Levy uses high-precision radiocarbon dating and cutting-edge digital imaging tools for recording data in three dimensions so he can see much of what he finds south of the Dead Sea on the computer in his La Jolla office.

Levy's interests are focused on how the development of metallurgy affected social change. Since 1997, he has worked closely with officials in southern Jordan to advance understanding of mining and metalwork over 9,000 years in one of the world's best-preserved ancient copper mining districts.

Read the full article towards the bottom of the page at SignonSanDiego.com

Green Group: Raise Royalties for Dead Sea Works Mining

The Israel Union for Environmental Defense (Adam Teva v'Din) proposed that the Dead Sea Works company be charged higher royalties and that plans to privatize water and sewage be canceled in a series of socioeconomic recommendations submitted to both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Trajtenberg Committee and the Student Union's rival Spivak Committee, a spokeswoman for the green group announced on Sunday.

Read the full article at The Jerusalem Post

Can a Dip in the Dead Sea Help Cure Diabetes?

A short dip in the Dead Sea facilitates a drop in blood glucose levels and could improve the medical conditions of diabetics, according to an initial study conducted by researchers from the health sciences faculty of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.

Read the full article at Haaretz.com

Ein Gedi: One of the Most Beautiful Places in the World

Ein Gedi is located in the center of the Dead Sea and at the foot of the cliffs of the Judean desert. One of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, Ein Gedi has many advantages: pollution-free air, filtered sunlight, and a high concentration of oxygen saturated with bromine.

The ancient synagogue at Ein Gedi tells the story of the Jewish settlement near the Dead Sea during the period of the Mishna. The synagogue, which was used by the residents of the local community at Ein Gedi, was discovered by chance by a farmer from Kibbutz Ein Gedi named Sefi Porat..

Read the full article at IsraelNationalNews.com

From India - Recipes for Dead Sea Salt Scrubs

Why is the Dead Sea salt effective?

There 21 types of minerals found in the dead sea salt - for instance calcium, zinc, potassium, chlorine and magnesium, vitamin 'A' and 'C', etc which are essential for our skin. And act as nutrients. When these elements in proper quantum are found wanting in our skin, our skin become lifeless and dry, particularly Vitamin 'A', 'E' and sodium, because these act as repairing agents of skin. Therefore, if once a week of its use on skin would suffice for taking care of our skin.

Read on for great scrub recipes you can make at home! IndiaStudyChannel.com

Visit Masada National Park: A World Heritage Site

Salty tip: include a side trip to Masada with your Dead Sea adventure! Sunrise or sunset are excellent times to visit - avoiding the mid-day sun and being on the mountain for a breathtaking view! Masada, located on an isolated mesa in the Judean Desert, is one the most dramatic historic sites in Israel.

Read the full article at IsraelNationalNews.com

Israel Chemicals Limited Profit Soars on Rising Potash Prices

Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL) posted its third highest ever quarterly operating profit in the second quarter this year - $543 million - 41% higher than in the same quarter last year. The spike in profits was led by a sharp rise in average potash and phosphate fertilizer prices.

Acquisitions of specialty fertilizers manufacturer Antonio Fuentes Mendez of Spain and the specialty fertilizers division of Scotts Miracle-Gro in the U.S. contributed $137 million to the growth in sales.

The company also saved $25 million in energy costs at its Dead Sea production facilities thanks to their conversion to the use of natural gas in place of more expensive fuels.

Read the full article at Haaretz.com

All Clear - Dead Sea Beaches Unrestricted

August 15, 2011

The Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced that the Leonardo Club hotel and Leonardo Plaza hotel Dead Sea beaches that were closed yesterday are now open for bathing, after the Zohar Hot Springs main sewage line has been fixed.

Bathing is permitted from 16:30 during regular bathing hours.

From IsraelNationalNews.com

August 14, 2011

The Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced that due to a flow of sewage into the Dead Sea the beaches the Leonardo Club hotel and the Leonardo Plaza hotel are restricted. The prohibition is until further notice.

From IsraelNationalNews.com

Dead Sea a Finalist in the New 7 Wonders

The Dead Sea in Israel is competing against 27 other natural sites around the world to be voted one of the "New 7 Wonders" of nature…and is considered one of the most promising contestants.

The New7Wonders of Nature Foundation, which is organizing the competition, predicts that one billion people from around the world will vote over the course of the campaign, which will end on November 11, 2011.

Israel needs millions more votes to hold on to one of the top seven spots. Please vote for the Dead Sea.

Bar Refaeli Muds Up at the Dead Sea

Tickler: Israeli supermodel, Bar Rafaeli, shmeared herself with Dead Sea mud from head to toe...and posed for photos. What can I say - it's news - if you're interested, look it up.

Travelogue: The Beautiful Dead Sea

The Dead Sea. It doesn't sound too appealing does it? I remember the Dead Sea from bible study in Sunday school when I was a little girl. It was something long forgotten until recently when I saw it on a popular reality show. I'm 37 years old and I am embarrassed to admit that I thought the Dead Sea was just something in the bible that didn't exist anymore but there it was!! It was the beautiful Dead Sea and memories came flooding back from those early bible studies. How beautiful is the DEAD SEA!?! I immediately felt drawn to it and wanted to learn more about this body of water.

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AHAVA Dead Sea Beauty Products - A Lovely Experience

One of the top brands of Dead Sea mud and mineral cosmetics is AHAVA. There are other brands of similar Dead Sea cosmetics that are less expensive and may contain essentially the same ingredients, but only AHAVA has the "pamper value" usually associated with brands like Estée Lauder and Clinique.

Bottom line: the products are high quality and beautifully packaged. I've used several of the masks and thought they were very nice! (And, I have extremely sensitive skin.) Plus, AVAHA products are excellent for gift giving - a bit exotic and offering "a more youthful complexion" - sounds good, right?

by Sue Schoenfeld

Decorating Tip: Add a Dead Sea Poster to your Room

Dead Sea, Israel
Jon Arnold
72 in. x 48 in.
Available at Allposters.com

Take the beauty of the Dead Sea home with you. This wall mural also comes in a larger size: 144 in x 96 in - approx. 4ft x 3ft. Makes a powerful statement!

Adopt A Dead Sea Scroll

The Israel Antiquities Authority, the preeminent organization in the field of Biblical and Israeli archaeology, is custodian of more than one million archaeological objects, among them nearly 15,000 Dead Sea Scroll fragments, the largest and most comprehensive collection of Dead Sea Scrolls in the world.

A number of 2,000 year-old Scroll fragments are available for "adoption" through the sponsorship of their preservation and conservation. Among these are the Genesis Scroll, several large Psalm Scrolls, the long and beautiful Leviticus Scroll and others.

Read the full article at The Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority Website.

Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey to Israel?

America's lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and legendary television host Oprah Winfrey may visit Israel in the coming months.

If the plan is indeed implemented, Stewart will be filmed visiting tourist sites such as the Western Wall and the Dead Sea. She may also meet with leading Israeli officials, including President Shimon Peres, and famous chefs who will cook gourmet meals for her using Israeli-made products.

The [Israel] Tourism Ministry office in New York is now in talks with Oprah Winfrey, who hosted one the highest-rated talk show in history until recently, in a bid to have her visit Israel in the coming winter.

Read the full article at YnetNews

Regional Dead Sea Preservation Policy may not Tackle Area's Larger Issues

After many delays, the National Planning and Building Council finally approved a policy for the Dead Sea region that, for the first time, lays down guidelines on how to combine landscape preservation with the area's industrial and tourism enterprises.

But it is not yet clear whether the document will apply to proposed solutions for one of the area's biggest problems: the threat that Dead Sea Works' evaporation pools will flood the hotels on the sea's shoreline.

Read the full article at Haaretz.com