Neot Kedumim, the Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel, is located halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv near Ben-Gurion International Airport. It a convenient stop on arrival or just before departure from ...
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Beit Lehem HaGlilit – Bethlehem of Galilee
Beit Lehem Haglilit, former Templer settlement Bethlehem of Galilee (to differentiate it from the more famous Bethlehem in Judaea), is one of the more picturesque places in the area of ...
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Waldheim (Alonei Abba) Alonei Abba was formerly known as Waldheim (German: “Forest Home”), a colony founded in 1907 by German Christians affiliated with the Prussian evangelical church on land purchased from the fellaheen village of ...
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The ANZAC Memorial, in the heart of Be’eri Forest, commemorates the ANZAC Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fell in the Third Battle of Gaza during the Great War (WWI) ...
Read More »The Drama of Gush Etzion
Historic Gush Etzion is deep in my heart. My army service in the IDF Engineering Corps brought me there after the Six Day War just as Kfar Etzion was being ...
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Many tourists never get to see the Jewish communities in Samaria and Judaea. How much else can you fit into a first-trip-to-Israel itinerary after Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Eilat? Little do ...
Read More »Bahai Gardens – a Hillside of Beauty
The Bahai Gardens, on Mt. Carmel overlooking Haifa, are part of the Bahai World Center. Besides receiving Bahai pilgrims from around the world, many thousands of tourists visit yearly, ...
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Ein Saharonim The Nabatean Spice Road followed the water sources through the Negev. This spring is one of the stations. It is named after the Saharon plant (Cocculus pendulus) which grows abundantly ...
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Marc Chagall Marc Chagall, born in Byelorussia to a poor Hassidic family went to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study art. From 1910 to 1914, Chagall lived in Paris and later from ...
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What is a Minsara ? Minsara means “Carpentry Shop”. It received its name because of the black prismatic rocks which really do look like wood. The composition of the rocks is sea ...
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