Yom Hazikaron ceremony of Noam School. The white-haired man walking in front of me put down his briefcase and stood at attention. The soldier…
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The Ramchal Synagogue in Akko (Acre)
Portion of Torah written by Ramchal in pomegranate juice on gazelle skin parchment Eliyahu welcomed us to the Ramchal synagogue in Akko in his…
Pharaoh in Canaan
Poster for Pharaoh in Canaan exhibition at entrance to Israel Museum On Sunday during Passover, Allen and I went to the Israel Museum to…
Josephus at Yodfat
Looking down at a line of simulated Roman attackers from near the top of Yodfat. The Roman camp was in the valley where the…
Magdala update
Eyad Bisharat views the bronze incense shovel being held by Arfan Najar, at Magdala where it was discovered. Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority Allen opened…
Breslov in Tsfat
The entrance stairs to the Breslov area of Tsfat (Safed) Tsfat is one of the four holy cities of Israel. It is the old…
Seeing the Temple
The Levite and me At the entrance to Machon HaMikdash, the Temple Institute, stands a statue of a Levite dressed in his work clothes—a…
Shopping at the Shuk
The profusion of vegetables for sale at a Mahane Yehuda stand makes a colorful display The Mahane Yehuda market, the shuk, this week is…
The View from Ramat Rachel
Hypothetical Destruction, one of three sculptures at Ramat Rachel marking the corners of a building thought to have once stood there If geography and…
Israel Recycles
Streetside recycling containers for paper (right) and plastic bottles and bags, CDs, and batteries (left) During Chanukah we took the Bernstein granddaughters to the…