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Church of St. Anne

More often than not, while wandering around the Old City of Jerusalem, eavesdropping on some of the tour guides, you can observe that some guides pronounce certain sites and places as being the place where "so and so" did…Read More

Mt. Gilboa

"Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain! How are the mighty fallen!" II Samuel 1:19.

There are a few passages in the Bible that can be quoted (and misquoted) by almost everyone because…Read More

The Walls of Jerusalem

“Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.” Psalms 51:20


As the weather begins to cool down and the kids go back to school there is no better time to tour…Read More

Days of Judgment

I’ve been asked to write a travel log that’s connected to Rosh Hashannah in some way. At first I thought I would tie it into walking through some off the beaten track trail with lots of pomegranates or apple…Read More

The Royal Gardens of Jezreel

The drive north along Route 2 from Tel Aviv is an interesting one. When you get past Herzeliya and Netanya on the Coastal Highway there are spurts along the coast with pristine beaches, agricultural fields and untouched open spaces,…Read More

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