Mike Levitt
Feb 13, 2020
Khān al-Tawjār & Kelaet al-Khān
For many years we had noticed, dashing along the Highway 65 between Golani Junction and Kfar Tavor, extensive stone ruins on either side...
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Mike Levitt
Jan 23, 2020
Ilaniya (Sejera)
Photo credits: Amber Levitt except where stated otherwise. Moshava Ilaniya's claim to fame is that, while Degania Alef is usually...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 10, 2019
Chagall Windows in Ein Kerem
"This is my modest gift to the Jewish people who have always dreamt of biblical love, friendship and of peace among all peoples. This is...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 10, 2019
Edith Wolfson Park, Tel Aviv
Between Derech Hashalom, Kvish Hatayasim and La Guardia in Tel Aviv is a landmark European-style park on a sand hill which, at 57 metres...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 9, 2019
B'not Ya'acov & customs houses
Historically the number of crossing points over the River Jordan was few, and those there were have remained for centuries. One such is...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 9, 2019
Old Mishmar Ha'Yarden
Mishmar HaYarden (משמר הירדן)―meaning "Guardian of the Jordan"―was a moshava (a rural Jewish settlement of the Old Yishuv). It is...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 9, 2019
Ateret Fortress
Gesher B'not Ya'acov (גשר בנות יעקב, "Daughters of Jacob Bridge"), known by the Arabs by the same name, Jisr Benat Ya'kub (جسر بنات...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 9, 2019
B'not Ya'acov, Mishmar HaYarden, and the surrounding area
Historically the number of crossing points over the River Jordan was few, and those there were have remained for centuries. One such is...
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Mike Levitt
Dec 9, 2019
Beit HaBeck (el-Araj)―candidate for Bethsaida?
Where the Jordan empties into the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is a marshy delta area, watered by a number of other streams including the...
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Mike Levitt
Nov 30, 2019
Ancient synagogue of Thella?
On our way to visit the remains of Lake Hula (you can read about a previous visit here), we passed through Yesud HaMa'ala (יְסוּד...
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