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Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

Counting the Days

"Blessed are you, God, our God, King of the world, who has commanded us to count the Omer. Today is the 25th day of the…

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 14, 2021

A Date for Passover

This year the calendar for Passover comes out very unusually. The night for the Passover Seder, the festive meal eaten to commemorate being liberated from…

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Posted on October 29, 2020October 6, 2020

Pioneers in Motza

In the days before Corona, I went on an overcast winter's day on a tour with other guides and the education department of the Tower…

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Posted on August 6, 2020June 21, 2020

Land for Peace or Piece of Land?

In diplomacy and in business, long term leases are often the closest thing to outright sale. In Israel, for example, much of the land is…

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Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

Ben Gurion and Shimon

I'm always inspired with Ben Gurion's vision of the Negev desert and its importance to the Jewish people.  In contrast to other Ancient Near East…

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Posted on February 2, 2017February 3, 2017

Dreams of our Fathers

Our ideals lead to dreams and actions, but not always to actualization.  Israel Beck was born in Bardichev, Ukraine in 1797.  He moved to Israel…

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Posted on January 28, 2017January 28, 2017

Leaving Home

Archaeology is, in many ways, the guide book for leaving home. As the song reminds me, "There must be 50 ways to leave your lover,"…

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Posted on September 30, 2014

Second Pressing

I always enjoyed learning how things work.  Especially things we take for granted.  There is that great TV show that takes us inside factories to…

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Posted on October 7, 2013October 7, 2013

A Broken Pot

Today, Israel and the Jewish people lost a great leader, Rav Ovadia Yosef. Rav Ovadia was a child prodigy, publishing his first commentary on the…

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Posted on February 21, 2013

Red-Dead

"To whom it may concern, Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program - Invitation to public meetings" Thus read my invitation to presentation of findings on the…

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