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Gallery: Joshua and the Battle

PALESTINE | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Jericho
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The Legend of Jericho

PALESTINE | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Views [3644]

Jericho the Mighty. Who knew you were so lovely. From the highway, you are dust, a sprawling pancake of drabness 400 feet below sea-level. And yet, from within: bustling beyond your small stature, ever lively around your pleasant fountained town ... Read more >

Tags: cities


Busking on Ben Yehuda

ISRAEL | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [2990] | Comments [2]

So you're playing music in public. There's a tendency to let the money issue get to you when you put your music case out in front of you. Sure you want the validation of monetary payment. But it doesn't matter that you are playing in public for the ... Read more >

Tags: music


Gallery: Goodnight Irene

ISRAEL | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Am Yisrael Chai
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Gallery: Yeshke Lives

ISRAEL | Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Galilee, Northern Israel
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In The Shadow of Baha'ullah

ISRAEL | Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 | Views [1030]

One day until Lena arrives in the Holy Land. My week-long Galilee adventure is almost up. I'm just coming back from a free private tour of a museum exhibit on 'grain' at the Beit Dagon silo in Haifa Port. No joke. Call me "cereal grain shipping ... Read more >

Tags: outdoors, people


Gallery: Route 66

ISRAEL | Sunday, 9 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

"Oklahoma City looks ooh so pretty you'll seeeeeeeee"
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EXHIBIT A: Why I Travel

PALESTINE | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [1805] | Comments [4]

In Tiberias, with big plans to ride a bicycle around the Sea of Galilee tomorrow morning. Lots of amazing things are happening, but one 30-hour segment of my time in particular begs to be shared with others. I went to Bethlehem last Friday. ... Read more >

Tags: culture, people


Gallery: Yehudah and Shomron

ISRAEL | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

East Timor, Kosovo, etc.
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Dust Piles In The City of Patriarchs

ISRAEL | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Views [1996] | Comments [1]

My cousin Shirley's arrival has ushered in a new phase of my travels; I near the end of my life in Ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem, and gaze upon the greater picture. While frustrating and stressing the hell out of me, fundamentalist Judaism prompted me to ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Gallery: Take 'Em To The Chuhhhch

ISRAEL | Monday, 25 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Jerusalem, if I forget you
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Call Me "English Specialist"

ISRAEL | Thursday, 21 Feb 2008 | Views [819]

My business cards need to say "Nanotechnologist/Violinist/English Speaker." A month and a half ago, Yerachmiel gave me a slip of scrap paper with a name and a phone number on it, and said "Here, you can pack vegetables for terror victims, ... Read more >

Tags: Work


Gallery: Call me Radagast the Brown

ISRAEL | Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Mevo Modi'im, the Carlebach Moshav
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Your music is the tears inside my eyes

ISRAEL | Friday, 15 Feb 2008 | Views [1449] | Comments [5]

My violin lurks beneath every story I tell on this blog. I realize now that I am not a solo violinist as of yet; my repertoire is way too thin. But if I didn't bring the beautiful instrument, then how many fewer people would I have met, how many fewer ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Dome of the Rock: Perspectives

ISRAEL | Tuesday, 12 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Epic Buildings, Part One
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Old City Redux

ISRAEL | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [1055] | Comments [2]

Each time I return to Jerusalem (it's happened twice), a feeling of uneasiness overcomes me. The reasons are threefold: the bus ride through the Judean Hills is a little unsettling; this city is way too cold for its own good; and the religious fervor ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Gallery: Olives Rule

ISRAEL | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
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Gallery: Snowing In The Desert

ISRAEL | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Mitzpeh Ramon
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Numbers (Bamidbar)

ISRAEL | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Views [809] | Comments [1]

I don't know how, but this trip seems to be turning out exactly as planned, even though it wasn't planned at all. I guess I wanted to generally stumble upon new things, to marvel at and to learn from, and that is what is happening. I didn't know what ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


All Cities Need a Yemenite Quarter

ISRAEL | Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 | Views [1559] | Comments [3]

Mike Greenberg, my friend, you would be proud. Tuesday in Tel Aviv was a good one for food. I start modestly, breakfast is tea and toast cheshbon ha'bayit (on the house) at the hostel. Three pieces of white bread, one thing of butter and one thing ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating


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