Change is Hard
Historical facts are presented as hard fast numbers. Historical periods start and end on particular dates as marked by large scale changes in sovereignty or…
Fundamentals in Hebron
Ownership and control of holy places is very much in the news these days in Israel. Whether from committees sitting thousands of miles away or…
Which Way to St. Stephen’s Gate?
Getting directions in Jerusalem can be confusing. So many place names are similar, and the same place can be known by many names. This is…
Take Out the Trash, Please
As much as anything else, the production of trash marks human lives. What we dump in the trash tells quite a lot about who we…
Holey Walls
One of the most beautiful attributes of Jerusalem is the use of stones in building. Because stones are natural, the variance in the facings leads…
el-Muqaddasi’s Jerusalem
In Israel, although peoples come and go, place names often remain. In the push to connect the present to the past, written and oral names…
Traditional Location
It spoke to me. It yelled at me, so several weeks ago at the Gofna Archaeology conference across the street from my house, I bought…
