Mikveh Yisrael is the first agricultural school in the Land of Israel pioneered in all fields of Zionist activity: agriculture, education, defence and absorption of new immigrants. Alliance was founded in 1860 by Adolphe ...
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Saint Catherines Church, Bethlehem
Saint Catherines Church Saint Catherines Church is a Franciscan Catholic church just north of the Church of the Nativity on Manger Square in Bethlehem. Outside the west door of the church is ...
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My Personal Paris Square Why is Paris Square my point of reference in Jerusalem? Let me search my brain for memories while dreaming about a walk clockwise around the square. Maybe ...
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Many of the 3.5 million incoming tourists visiting Israel unexpectedly fall into the hands of Arab tour guides from the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) and hear only a one-sided narrative. This ...
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Tour the Old Hebron Jewish Cemetery guided by Yehudah Glick who retells the story of Avraham Yedidya Nachshon. This is the same Yehudah Glick who was injured critically by a Moslem terrorist ...
Read More »Women on Israeli Banknotes
What do a school girl, Golda Meir, Henrietta Szold, a woman pioneer-soldier and a female kibbutznik have in common? These are the only female figures that have appeared on Israeli currency todate. ...
Read More »Milk Grotto Bethlehem
A Visit to the Milk Grotto This important Christian religious site is in Bethlehem and is usually part of the itinerary of a visit to the Church of the Nativity. ...
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Vieille Ville de Jérusalem – Visite Audio La vallée de Hinnom – La géhenne est un lieu nommé vallée du fils d’Hinnom (ge’ ben hinnom). Il s’agit d’une vallée au sud ...
Read More »Beitin Archaeological Excavations
Beitin – Bethel For more than 150 years scholars have agreed that the village of Beitin, north of Jerusalem, is the site of biblical Bethel. However there are claims that ...
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The Great Synagogue Jerusalem is a religious and tourist experience. It is like visiting a cathedral and an opera. Palestinian tour guides mistakenly call it the “Center of World Judaism”. The ...
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