My Dear Readers, Please be informed that I'm taking a break from blogging now (to honor  our High Holydays, and  for some vacation). ...

Moses is a biblical name (prophet). Noah is also a biblical name (pre-flood patriarch;  Noah's Arc).  Noah Moses sounds like a powerf...

Two of the four holy cities in Israel: Tzfat (Safed) and Tveria (Tiberias) are located, pretty close to each other, both in the Upper Gali...

Next month we enter the jewish New Year ׂׂ(5779ׁ) The period of preparations (starting mid-August) for the High Holidays, creates an a...

Over the years, I've sometimes wondered about the fate of an 11 year old boy kidnapped by his father without his knowing at the time, ...

It was breaking news a week ago: a huge, ancient stone (about 100 kg!!) had fallen from the Wailing Wall (Jerusalem Western Wall) in ...

'The great chain of being' - this is what they call the hierarchical life structure  of humans, animals, plants. Humans on to...

Last week, I happened to be near the Port of Tel Aviv. The heat was unbearable, so I decided to enter the area,  go to the promenade a...