The Israel Government Tourist Office – Midwest Region has chosen a winner for The Best Reason to Visit Israel Video Contest, which ran from May 8^th through August 7^th, 2008.

The winner is Lara E. Wagner, a 23-year old resident of Chicago, IL.
Ms. Wagner’s video, which contains the tagline “Israel: always worth it for the falafel”, can be viewed here on our website:

The contest had a number of excellent entries besides the winner. Here are three other videos that were very highly regarded by the judges:

The Best Reason to Visit Israel is to Experience Israel by Marc Morgan of Chicago, IL

Make it Real in Israel by Lisa Fishman of University City, MO

Israel – Where’s the Connection? By Rebecca Kanter of New Bedford, MA

The Israel Government Tourist Office – Midwest Region thanks all those who participated in the contest and made it a great success.