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Posted on August 7, 2022

Mourning for the Destruction Of…

Today, on the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av, we mark the destruction of the Temples. The destruction of the First Temple, as documented…

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Posted on May 13, 2021April 20, 2021

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…

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Posted on March 25, 2021March 24, 2021

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. …

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Posted on March 4, 2021

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…

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Posted on February 25, 2021

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…

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Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

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…

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Posted on February 4, 2021February 2, 2021

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…

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Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

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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Posted on October 15, 2020October 1, 2020

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;…

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Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

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…

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