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Posted on November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

A Model Neighborhood

Beer Sheva doesn't have the popular reputation as a center of architectural innovation - but surprisingly, it is. Faced with large-scale immigration of refugees, the…

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Posted on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Oy and Joy

I've tried not to write about Coronavirus here - not not let it seep into my writing on this blog and it's almost impossible.  For…

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Posted on December 7, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Beit Zecharia

FAILURE AND LOSS The fifth battle, the Battle of Beit Zecharia, is one that Judah Maccabeus does not win.  It took place between Beit Tzur…

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Posted on November 23, 2018

Maale Akrabim – a Street Named After a Road

In my neighborhood in Beer Sheva, the streets are named after the Negev region of Israel.  Places, people and animals are prominent and serve as…

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Posted on November 12, 2018

Southern Expectations

15 seconds. That's how long it took me to find my phone in my purse and check where the latest siren went off. My phone…

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Posted on July 19, 2017

Discovering Gamla

Archaeology is a young science. Three hundred years ago no one cared about digging up, studying and preserving the past. The material remains of the…

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Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016

Walking into the Abyss

Tomorrow morning, I awaken to walk into the abyss.  I know I'm being overly dramatic, but I am returning my rental car and beginning a…

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Posted on April 21, 2015April 22, 2015

Memorial Day Sale

Memorial Day Sale!  Everything 25% off! This is how I viewed Memorial Day growing up.  Memorial Day was a day set aside by the US…

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Posted on July 22, 2014July 22, 2014

What Can You do with a Bed?

What can you do? What can you do? What can you do with a bed? Paint it red! Paint it red, yellow, blue And paint…

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Posted on April 12, 2014April 12, 2014

Silence

We are coming up to the holiday of Passover.  And it occurs to me that my life over the last few years has a lot…

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