Some Like it Hot – Hamat Tiberias
When winter is returning and the days are getting colder, I remember fondly the warmth of summer. I like it hot and I'm not alone.…
When winter is returning and the days are getting colder, I remember fondly the warmth of summer. I like it hot and I'm not alone.…
Today, what's on everyone's mind is the transfer of power. How this has happened in the past is a topic which interests me greatly (see…
About 1500 years before the first archaeologist took up his spade to look for the past in the ground, Byzantines started identifying historic sites. Bibles…
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Fish form a central place in life around the Sea of Galilee. Israel's only large scale source of fresh water has long been a magnet…
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I grew up with RIF (Reading is FUNdamental) in school and television ads. Literacy is more than just being able to read, though; writing is…
Silk is one of the most desirable fabrics. Ever since the Chinese discovered the strength, sheen and malleability of silk threads in the 4th millennium…
Judaism and representative art have had an uncomfortable history. In the Bible, one of the Ten Commandments is not to make any graven image as…