One of the secondary water clarifiers at the Shafdan water reclamation plant near Ashkelon. Our first water bill was a complete mystery. With the…
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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…
Ein Kerem’s Holy Hill
St. John of the Mountains Church, Ein Kerem photo: biblewalks.com When the second Temple stood in Jerusalem, Ein Kerem was part of the belt…
Studying the Bible at Herzog College
Registration area at Michlelet Herzog of Bible Study Day About two weeks after we made aliyah, two women I had met at synagogue started…
Har Eval: The Mountain of the Curses
Near the top of Har Eval, where Joshua built an altar From where we were standing, near the top of windy barren Har Eval,…
Walking on Tel Dan
The Dan River at the end of a good winter Allen and I went to Tel Dan with my class on Kings I to…