Mike Levitt
Aug 21, 2022
Metzudat Koach
May 2021 This is part of a blog relating to al-Nabi Yusha'. During the Arab Revolt (1939-1936), Arab terrorists (whom the British at that...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 27, 2022
Prehistoric Yeruham
3 March 2022 Still quite early in the morning, after having had a look at Yeruham fortress, I entered Yeruham Lake Park. Both are just...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 25, 2022
Yeruham fortress―מצד ירוחם
3 March 2022 After the Edomites deserted the Negev and moved into the Judaean plains, in the 6th century BCE, the Nabataeans―an ancient...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 14, 2022
Rock art at Nahal Shualim
2 March 2022 A pleasant evening walk into the desert from the south east corner of Yeruham raised more questions than it answered. The...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 9, 2022
Makhtesh HaGadol (המכתש הגדול)
4 March 2022 Photos by the author except as indicated. Both one evening in March, alone, and the following morning with Yonatan, I...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 1, 2022
Segev Quarry (מחצבת שגב)
5 November 2021 The Segev Quarry―immediately west of Horvat Gamum in Misgav―is large and deep, covering about 200 dunams (about 50...
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Mike Levitt
Feb 3, 2022
Arnaud David Rubin Grove―Bosquet à la Memoire de Arnaud David Rubin―חורשה לזכר אברהם דוד רובין ז"ל
3 February 2022 This post is in memory of Arnaud David Rubin ז"ל, about whom you can find out more if you read to the end. I stopped on...
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Mike Levitt
Feb 2, 2022
Horvat Omrit
28 November 2021 This blog post is in memory of Uri Ilan ז"ל, Israeli hero of courage and patriotism. You can find out why at the end....
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Mike Levitt
Jan 21, 2022
Rabbi Chalafta & His Sons
14/01/2022 A walled compound with a large and ancient Tabor oak tree―said to be the oldest in Israel―at the road junction by Kfar Hananya...
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Mike Levitt
Jan 16, 2022
Sajur
Sajur (ساجور in Arabic, or סאג'ור in Hebrew) is a town of about 4,500 souls, all Druze, to the east of Karmiel and adjacent to Rameh. ...
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