Tel Dan
- Archaeology, Cincinnati, Fiddler on the Roof, Haifa, High Holidays, Israel, Jaffa, Mediterranean Sea, Museums, New York, She'ar Yashuv, Simchat Torah, Synagogues, Tel Dan, Tel Hadid, Tiberias, Tu B'Av, Tzfat, Yiddish
Double the Motherlands, Double the Summer!
Let’s end the high holidays with a bang, shall we? First, I want to tell you about the end of my time in Israel. My family (dad, sister, and I) returned to Neve…
- Academia, Archaeology, Bible, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Friends, Haifa, Homeland, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Midrash, Mishnah, PhD, Talmud, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan, Tel Gezer, Travel
Back to the Land
A short update from a long year (hence the void of posts – sometime I will get through a full Torah cycle): In a week, I will have completed my Ph.D. coursework. How…
- Archaeology, Bagels, Beach, Cincinnati, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Food, Kibbutz, Museums, Music, New York, Shabbat, Shakshuka, Synagogues, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan, Travel
If Dan’s Walls Could Talk…
The last two weeks of our Tel Dan dig brought many new faces and the quick removal of a lot more dirt in Area T1 (near the High Place, where I was working).…
- Archaeology, Galilee, Golan Heights, Hiking, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Kibbutz, Museums, Shabbat, Synagogues, Talmud, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan
Getting Into Digging
Tuesday morning, 5 July, we met our professor and tour guide at HUC. From there we drove to Ramla, considered by several people the most important medieval Islamic site. We climbed a huge…