"Those who wander are never lost" Our tour bus stopped in the Golan Heights near the Lebanon and Syria borders. I took a picture of the UN jeep and wished I had the opportunity to take pictures of the military equipment being transported along the the highway. I never made it to Jerusalem. I honestly …
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Israel-An Art Colony
An air raid shelter among the sculptures. Copyright 2020 @ The Autonomous Traveler All rights reserved.
Israel-The Temple of Pan and the Dancing Goats
How so very strange to have old memories that go way back in time to rooms with high windows and desks in rows and the smell of chalk. How peculiar to conjure up visions and facts about myths and Zeus and Roman gods. How startling to suddenly find myself in the very concrete place of …
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Israel-A Kibbutz (not what I expected)
I'm from Upstate New York, way up state near the Canadian border. During my life in a rural area dotted with orchards and dairy farms, I never got to know many Jewish people. Somewhere, somehow I had heard the word "kibbutz", maybe on TV, maybe in school. I grew up in a kind of diversity …
Israel-Maybe Life is Like Broccoli
Picture Courtesy of wiseGEEK.com I haven't written in days, I have been putting off trying to explain the dilemma of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have both Jewish and Muslim friends and acquaintances now. I want to learn about the world and its people but I want to stay neutral. The conflict in Israel is not …
Israel-Quirky Chapters in History
I lived through two quirky times in history. When I was in my teens and early twenties, I experienced the groovy era of minishirts, psychedelic posters, and Twiggie. Later in life, I observed the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. All through history groups of people have broken away from the norm, wondering if things could be …
Israel-Really Cool Ancient Stuff
It was like going back to the times of the Ben Hur movie! I was thrilled! Caesarea Maritima was build from 25-13 BC by King Heron ( yes, The King Herod of the Bible) as a major port for the Roman Empire. It was the place where Pontius Pilate governed during the time of Jesus.The …
Israel-The Seashell Lottery
On April 11, 1906, sixty Jewish families moved north from nearby Jaffa to the sand dunes of the Mediterranean to established a new community. A lottery was held to pair families with a building plot. Using sixty white shells imprinted with each family's name and sixty grey shells each showing the number of a single …
Israel-Finding Meaning in Hard Times
If I hadn't had my accident in Israel, I would have never met the Muslim man who directed me to a deeper understanding of Judaism. I met him in Syracuse, New York and because of my injuries he knew I had gone to Israel. I sensed that he was a traveler, too, and asked where …
Israel-The Iron Dome
Picture courtesy of wisemoneyisrael.com The Iron Dome is a mobile missile launching system using a specific algorithm that can calculate if an enemy missile is about to strike a populated area. With 90% accuracy, the launcher sends out its own missiles to explode the enemy missiles in the air. Israel is a country surrounded people …
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