Migrating cranes fly to Agmon Hula to spend the night on the lake in the Galil Nir, the guide at Agmon Park Nature Reserve,…
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Treating Wounded Syrians in Tsfat
Mural in lobby of Ziv Medical Center in Tsfat (Safed), where almost a thousand wounded Syrians have been treated over the past five years.…
Hevron: Where Our Forefather Avraham Stood
Old Hevron. Ma’arat HaMachpela (the Cave of the Patriarchs) is the large rectangular structure in the middle. Every time I start to think I’m…
Understanding Water and Water Bills
One of the secondary water clarifiers at the Shafdan water reclamation plant near Ashkelon. Our first water bill was a complete mystery. With the…
Yakov’s First Tefillin
Daniel & Yakov saying the morning prayers the first day Yakov put on tefillin When Yakov, our older grandson, turns thirteen later this week,…
Following Pilgrims’ Route to the Temple Mount
Nahshon Szanton points out route of Roman road from Pool of Shiloach (Siloam) to Temple Mount. The “Tours with the Investigator” follow a set…
Touring Sha’are Hesed with the First Grade
Etrog School first grade girls in front of Agam sculpture in Sha’are Hesed, Jerusalem. Marah Chanah is the one who isn’t eating a red…
Fighting for Kibbutz Yad Mordechai
Reconstruction of the battle for Yad Mordechai In 1948, the Egyptians thought it would be easy. The British were leaving the Palestinian Mandate in…
Mysteries of Susya
Byzantine era synagogue in Susya –wood roof modern addition to protect what remains After the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, the Roman…
The Synagogue by the Hot Springs
Symbols of the Temple depicted in the mosaic floor of the 4th century CE synagogue at Hamat Tveriya, just south of modern Tiberius. Steam…