New Year for Trees
Tu b'Shvat is celebrated today. My oldest child was born on Tu b'Shvat in the United States where the holiday is not celebrated widely, even…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
