Encounter with the Past: Visiting the Negev

Driving from Tel Aviv, we head south on Highway 40, leaving Tel Aviv about 8:00 am.  It’s Saturday and the country is quiet.  It’s Shabbat.  The elevators are automatically stopping at every floor and the toaster has been removed from the breakfast buffet.  
We first arriving at Be’er Sheva in time for coffee.  It’s chilly.  [...]

Touring in a war zone.

Rockets are landing 25 miles south of Tel Aviv. Protesters less than an hour from here are throwing rocks, burning flags and threatening the third Intifada. Mike and I are in a hotel room, figuring out what to do next.

Walking in Jerusalem

Men are sitting in the street, sipping mint tea, smoking and laughing loudly, calling to each other in Arabic. It’s noisy, colorful, teeming.

Winter in Tel Aviv

Winter has finally arrived. It’s 65F/18C outside and the clouds have rolled in creating a light-gray haze and filling the city with the tangy smell of the sea.
I am going to miss Tel Aviv. I really like it here. I love walking down the streets at any time of the day [...]

Nazareth

The minaret of White Mosque shares the skyline with the bell tower of the Church of the Ascension.