Mike Levitt
May 23, 2023
We have moved!
As of May 2023, we have moved from this Wix site to Substack. For the time being at least, this site will remain as an archive. There...
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Mike Levitt
Jan 2, 2023
Gush Chalav
One day in early November 2022, after pre-walk fortification with mint choc chip ice cream at Buza's ice cream factory and outlet at...
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Mike Levitt
Jan 2, 2023
Tombs of the sages around Gush Chalav
On two days in November and December 2022, Yonatan and I explored Gush Chalav and its various sites. You can read more about Gush Chalav,...
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Mike Levitt
Jan 1, 2023
The strange German history behind Nahariya's Botanical and Zoological garden
Although ruins of a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age citadel have been found in Nahariya, next to the sea near the estuary of the river Ga’aton,...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 27, 2022
Paschendaale and Haifa—a connexion
31 October 2019 Back in October 2019, I took our daughter, Amber, to an army-related appointment in Haifa, and she was out in ten...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 27, 2022
Cave of El-Khader
11 October 2022 El-Khader (literally 'The Green One') is a mysterious figure described—but not named—in the Quran as a righteous servant...
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Mike Levitt
Sep 4, 2022
Abel Beth Maacah
This post is published in memory of my dear father, Mendel Levitt ז"ל, on his thirtieth yahrzeit, 9 Ellul 5782, who inspired me in the...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 23, 2022
The PEF Rock
18 June 2021 Not many people travelling along Route 90—even if they are in no rush and enjoying the incredible scenery of the Judaean...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 23, 2022
Kibbutz Ein Gedi and the Ein Gedi Botanical Garden
A little over a year ago, in June 2021, Amber was serving at Shizafon in the Arava desert. The Coronavirus had waned a little, and I...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 21, 2022
Al-Nabi Yusha'
May 2021 & August 2022 Yonatan and I made a trip near the Lebanon border in May 2021, visiting the ancient synagogues at Sasa and Kadesh,...
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