ABC’s in Lachish
We're marking the days to the holiday of Shavuot, the festival of weeks, and the time when we traditionally celebrate the giving of the Torah…
Exodus and Hyksos
As we focus on the Exodus narrative during the holiday of Passover, one issue which arises for many is the historical accuracy of the events. …
Wow! Ashkelon
It's hard to get a "Wow!" out of my kids. One of the detrimental aspects of being a child of a tour guide is that…
Red South – Tel Jamma
We really haven't had much winter this year. Yes, there was a brief moment of snow in some parts of the country - never in…
Red South – Besor Stream National Park
This week I went to Besor Stream National park in search of red flowers as part of the Red South February festival. It's a national…
Red South – Pura Nature Reserve
It's been hard for me recently during the lockdown to write about places I can't even dream of visiting. But now, with the end of…
Halutza in Be’er Sheva – Haya in the Negev
Part of a Series – Hanukkah 2020 – Nes Gadol Haya Po – Be'er Sheva and the Negev Sitting at the confluence of Nahal Besor…
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House of Bones
I went to school to learn philosophy and I work as a tour guide. It may seem as though these two fields are totally unrelated;…
Tents or Houses?
When looking at the interface between biblical text and archaeology, we need to determine to what degree broken walls, fragments and stones can tell the…
Games in the Negev
My family is obsessive about playing games. As a little girl growing up in Minnesota, playing games with my grandparents and cousins was the activity…
