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Posted on September 22, 2022September 21, 2022

Tshuva/Repentance

Tshuva/Repentance is an important concept in religious thought and practice. Let's face it - as difficult as it may be to stomach, we are just…

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Posted on December 31, 2020

Dead Sea Scrolls and the Beginnings of Christianity

At this time of year, Jesus' birth is celebrated around the world by Christians.  His birth is part of the legacy which would result in…

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Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

Water, Abraham, Hospitality – Haya in Be’er Sheva

Part of a Series – Hanukkah 2020 – Nes Gadol Haya Po – Be'er Sheva and the Negev It couldn't be a series about Be'er…

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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 August 27, 2020July 9, 2020

Where There is a Church, There is History

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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Posted on July 16, 2020June 29, 2020

Battle Hymn

In our current world, where conflict is at the forefront, it's interesting to see how battles are depicted in the past. In the United States,…

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Posted on June 25, 2020June 17, 2020

One Fish, Two Fish, Five Loaves, Fat Fish

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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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 March 13, 2020March 8, 2020

Reading and ‘Riting on the Golan Heights

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…

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Posted on April 9, 2019April 9, 2019

Path and Passion

As we come up to Easter week, the Old City of Jerusalem becomes more and more crowded. Many of the Catholic Christian pilgrims remember Jesus's…

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