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;…
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;…
I work for the Tower of David. I guide there, and translate materials for them, so I am interested in everything surrounding the Citadel and…
One of the most compelling piyyutim poems in the Yom Kippur prayers (piyyut here) compares the relationship between Man and God through metaphors centering around…
The gates of Jerusalem's Old City are not only ways to get inside the city. Each one is a site with a history of its…
When one visits Tzfat (Safed) today, one tends to focus on the spiritual, kabbalistic aspects of the city. Perhaps a side note or two will…
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…
"I'm bored," is a phrase uttered by children and a thorn in the side of many overwhelmed parents. How can children be bored when there…
History tends to be his-story; but every once in a while, in the annals of history you come upon her-story. One such maker of her-story…
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…
One topic which fascinates me is the development of roads as a mirror of human settlement. I recently spoke at the 50th anniversary of Moshav…