Mount Sodom The mountains of Sodom are located on the south-west side of the Dead Sea, along Road #90, between the Dead Sea Works plant 11KM and Nachal Zohar to the ...
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Cana of the Galilee
Cana of the Galilee The Arab village of Kafr Cana in the Lower Galilee has been identified in Christian tradition as Cana of the Galilee. Here, according to tradition, Jesus performed two ...
Read More »The Church of the Annunciation and Moslem Bigotry
No one can deny the importance of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth to the Christian world. The church was established at the site where, according to Roman Catholic tradition, ...
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Following Prime Minister Netanyahu’s amazing address in May 30th, you are probably curious about the Mossad and its activities. Intelligence Organizations before 1948 At the time of the U.N. General ...
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Israel and You greets all of our Orthodox friends and wishes them a happy and healthy Orthodox Easter. The Easter Acclamation The Paschal Greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern ...
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Phasael Tower One would expect that the partially preserved massive Citadel of Jerusalem, now called the Phasael Tower, would be the popular choice as the object to represent The Tower of David and Jerusalem. ...
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Paran The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; מדבר פארן) is in the Sinai Peninsula 35 miles from Mount Sinai. The Paran Monatery in the ...
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Christian Korazim – Chorazin Korazim (Chorazim in Arabic) is an archaeological site mentioned in the New Testament as a city condemned by Jesus (together with Bethsaida and Capernaum) for rejecting him. Matthew ...
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The Jaffa Gate The Jaffa Gate on the western side of the Old City in Jerusalem faces west to the main port of Judaea, Jaffa. The gate that you see ...
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Barclays Bank – New Jerusalem Municipality Adjacent to the Russian Compound Jerusalem’s City Hall is situated directly on the seam that once divided Jerusalem. The entire complex is equally ...
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