Mike Levitt
May 4, 2018
Lavra Netofa - לאורה נטופה
Hidden hermit-like on top of Mount Netofa overlooking Deir Hanna, but in reality a five minute stroll from the quiet community of...
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Mike Levitt
Apr 25, 2018
Beit Lohamei HaGeta'ot - The Ghetto Fighters' House
The Ghetto Fighters' House (בת לוחמי הגטאות) – or more properly the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum –...
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Mike Levitt
Apr 25, 2018
Emek Ha'arazim (עמק הארזים)
The high viaduct of the new Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway line Amber and I decided to spend the day exploring Emek Ha'arazim (Cedar Valley)...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 19, 2018
Mount Precipice (جبل القفزة ,הר קדומים ,הר הקפיצה)
A group of Christian pilgrims on Mount Precipice I work in Nazareth and, having half an hour to spare at the end of a spring day, waiting...
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Mike Levitt
Feb 14, 2018
Ancient remains at Shavei Tzion ( שבי ציון)
Shavei Tzion (literally 'Returnees to Zion') is a small, seaside moshav just south of Nahariya near the border with Lebanon. It was...
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Mike Levitt
Nov 3, 2017
Castel (קסטל, القسطل)
The hill of Maoz rising above Highway 1 as it nears Jerusalem has become a symbol of the struggle to break through to the city from the...
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Mike Levitt
Oct 10, 2017
Banias (בניאס , بانياس الحولة, Πανειάς, Caesarea Philippi)
Following an earlier visit to the lower reaches of the Hermon (Banias) river, one of the main tributaries of the Jordan river, we decided...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 14, 2017
Horvat Cana (Cana of Galilee, Κανά της Γαλιλαίας, כנא, كنا)
For Christians, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Gospel of John (2:1–11), Jesus performed "the first of his...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 6, 2017
The cosmopolitan life at the Dead Sea Lido
You may have noticed by now, if you are a regular to my blog, that I am something of a fan of Route 90. In a small country which can be...
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[Photo credits: Michael unless otherwise stated]
Aug 2, 2017
Emmaus (אמאוס) - Nicopolis
Emmaus is most famous as a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke; Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection,...
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