"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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How 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 their …
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I'm from Upstate New York, way upstate near the Canadian border. Growing up in a rural area dotted with orchards and dairy farms, I never had the opportunity to meet 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 …
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 …
It was like going back to the times of the Ben Hur movie! I was thrilled! Caesarea Maritima was built from 25 to 13 BC by King Herod (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 …
On April 11, 1906, sixty Jewish families moved north from nearby Jaffa to the sand dunes of the Mediterranean to establish 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 …
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 …
Picture courtesy of wisemoneyisrael.com The Iron Dome is a mobile missile launching system that uses a specific algorithm to 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 by …
My trip, like my life, was subject to an unexpected twist. If you read my blog in the next few weeks, you will find out all the details of my surprise adventure in Israel. My trip took an unexpected left turn, like the gate at a fort built by the Crusaders in the early 1200s …
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