I thought it appropriate today, December 25, 2024, the first night of Hanukkah, and also Christmas, to showcase a Christian community in Israel. Nes Ammim…
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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.…
In diplomacy and in business, long term leases are often the closest thing to outright sale. In Israel, for example, much of the land is…
Some people's impression of Israel is Stones and Bones. And indeed, for a country which has built with stone for millenia, and who celebrates her…
Turtles are one of the first wild creatures to which kids have a connection. It is a wild animal that moves slowly enough on land…
I write so often of settlement - studying settlement and learning about the past, but we forget that settlement is also destructive. A place which…
Geology tends to be one of those subject you need to learn for the Tour Guide test, but which everyone dreads. Rocks were formed over…
"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…
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