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Posted on December 12, 2020December 12, 2020

David Tuviyahu – Gadol of Beer Sheva

Part of a Series - Hanukkah 2020 - Nes Gadol Haya Po - Beer Sheva and the Negev I love the story of David Tuviyahu.…

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Posted on June 18, 2020May 27, 2020

This Land is Mine Land

I remember the day clearly. I was in Tour Guide School and we were touring sites in the Northern Dead Sea Area in the winter…

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Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

Armenian Pottery in Jerusalem

It's a Jerusalem story involving the British, Armenian Christians, and Moslems.  In the 1920's the British facilitate the return to Jerusalem of Armenian Christian ceramic…

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Posted on November 4, 2018November 4, 2018

Taking on the Swamp

Malaria, as much as government policy, kept the Land of Israel vacant. In 1902, a report on the distribution of the Anopheles mosquito and malaria…

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Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

Beer Sheva to Jerusalem

Last week on October 31st, Beer Sheva celebrated 100 years since the capture of the city by the British and ANZAC forces in 1917.  And…

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Posted on February 17, 2013March 13, 2013

Follow the (Yellow Brick) Road

Randomly stormy weather is marking the end of our winter here in Israel.  Thankfully, I left real tornado country behind in South Dakota, but Israel's…

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