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Spring in Wartime Israel, 14: Updating the Old City, 16 May 2024

September 23, 2024 - As the sunshine whitened Jerusalem’s streets on Thursday afternoon, we were privileged to be given a tour of the Old Cit...

September 16, 2024 - Machane Yehuda is the name of a neighborhood in Jerusalem, though today it most often refers to the city’s largest food...

September 07, 2024 - The name of Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum leaves one in no doubt about the focus of its collection. It presented the ar...

August 30, 2024 - The night before we left Karkur was the beginning of Yom ha-Zicharon, a national day of remembrance honoring the soldier...

August 22, 2024 - Z. was our host in Karkur, where HL and I arrived by train from Tel Aviv on Friday. Primarily a painter, Z. has two stud...

August 12, 2024 - If ever the municipality of Tel Aviv requires a publicist, I should recommend Ariela for the position. She was tireless...

August 06, 2024 - During one of my first visits to Israel, I toured a museum at Tel Aviv University that featured scale models of synagogu...

July 28, 2024 - It was fair and cool on the morning of Yom ha-Shoah, the national day of remembrance for those murdered in the Holocaust...

July 20, 2024 - Anyone who has been following events in Israel from abroad can be forgiven any ensuing bewilderment. Last year, Israelis...

July 14, 2024 - When one’s bus stop affords a Mediterranean view, using public transportation cannot be said to constitute a hardship....

July 07, 2024 - Months ago, when this visit was in its planning phase, Daniela told me that she wanted to take HL and me to the Tel Aviv...

June 30, 2024 - I awoke on Wednesday to more messages about my peripatetic luggage, including a promise of delivery sometime before that...

June 24, 2024 - In Israel, history becomes hagiography, that is, every loss connected with the establishment and defense of the nation i...

June 18, 2024 - Our trip to Israel could not have begun more inauspiciously. HL and I rose at 4 AM in order to fly from Dallas to Atlant...