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…
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…
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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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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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