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The Original 300

As you might recall (sorry for the long delay) Jon and I set out to discover the ruined Jewish villages of the 1st century B.C to 7th centuries A.D. on the Golan Heights. After driving through the western Jezreel…Read More

Winter in the Jezreel Valley

I had a day off coming up so I thought I would head off the beaten path in search of little known places to which I had never been. My former teacher , Naphtali from the tour guide course…Read More

The Problem Isn’t Palestine

Every time a European or American leader declares that the problem here in Israel and the Palestinian territories needs to be resolved peacefully with negotiations according to the “Road Map”, they are doing a disservice to both the Palestinian…Read More

Racial Profiling in Israel

I wrote the following article in May of 2004. Tourism was just starting to pick up again after the horrible terror attacks on Israelis between October of 2000 and Operation Defensive Shield in April or 2002. This wave of…Read More

The First Earth Day - Tu B’Shvat

"After striving for so many years to set up the [Jewish National] fund, we do not want to disperse again without having done anything…the fund shall be the property of the Jewish people as a whole."
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