Israel and You Spaces and Places in Israel
Cops and Robbers Visiting the holiest site for Judaism in the Jewish state requires playing a game of “cops and robbers”. Moslems, of course can enter through any of the ...
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Israel and You
Otzrot BaHoma Museum
Ethnographic Museum “Treasures in the Walls” This unique museum, Otzrot BaHoma or Treasures in the Walls, is located within the north-eastern walls of old Acre, originally built by the Ottoman ruler of the area, Ahmed ...
Read More »Tel Gezer
Situated on the crossroads near the International Coastal Highway and also guarding the primary route into the Israelite hill country, Gezer was one of the most strategic cities in the ...
Read More »Gilabun Farm Restaurant
Our family gathered on the Golan for a private celebration at the Gilabun Farm Restaurant near Katzrin. We arrived after a long hike, just after they opened, but that was ...
Read More »The Crusader Castle at Caesaria
Caesarea National Park Caesarea National Park is one of, if not Israel’s, most impressive archaeological site. Caesarea is a dream attraction because there is a unique Caesaria for visitors ...
Read More »Ramchal Synagogue in Acco
The Jewish community of Acre had two synagogues from the 16th to 18th centuries, under Moslem rule: the Achav Synagogue and the Ramchal Synagogue. The Achav Synagogue There is a ...
Read More »Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion
While visiting the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion you “time travel” back Herodian Jerusalem and Hadrian’s Aelia Capitolina. Authentic, ancient artifacts reveal the secrets of how Roman soldiers spent ...
Read More »Spelunking at Hirbat Midras
Hirbat Midras About 15miles south of Bet Shemesh in Park Adulam in the heart of the Shfela, Midras had a significant population during the Second Temple period destroyed in the Bar Kochba ...
Read More »Dig for a Day
Archaeological Seminars Institute You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw these tourists digging with a trowel in a cave at Tel Maresha in the Beit ...
Read More »Tunisian Synagogue in Acco
The Or Torah – “Jariva” – (Tunisian) Synagogue, Acco Acco may be famous for Crusaders, Ottoman Pashas and Rabbi Haim Luzzatto, but in my opinion the most original and unique ...
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