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Photo of the Day 6/26

Sean — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:03 +0000

Read on about Beit Guvrin, Israel!

Photo of the Day 6/25

Sean — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:56 +0000

Read about riding camels in Israel!

Photo of the Day 6/22

Sean — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:51 +0000

Read about markets in Israel

Photo of the Day 6/18

Sean — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:41 +0000

Read about the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel!

Photo of the Day 6/13

Sean — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:44 +0000

Read about the Bahai Garden in Acre, Israel!

Israel – What I Learned

Sean — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:53:19 +0000

What I learned from this trip: Israel is 80% Jew, 20% Arab Israeli soldiers are strictly prohibited from engaging in political discussions 50% of the country is in the army at any given time

Israel – Day 11

Sean — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:51:57 +0000

In the morning, we hiked up Masada mountain. This is where King Herod built his summer palace, and also where a radical group of Jews named the Zealots lived for 3 years. They were hiding out from the Romans. In the end, they decided to commit suicide because they felt it was better to die [...]

Israel – Day 10

Sean — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:50:14 +0000

We traveled to the Red Crater (given its name due to the large amounts of Iron deposits that turned the mountain a reddish tint). We hiked the high road and then climbed down into the canyon and walked back to the bus from there. Here my camera fell a good 9 or 10 feet when [...]

Israel – Day 9

Sean — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:43:11 +0000

Bright and early we left for Beit Guvrin, home to several thousand man-made caves (called the “Bell Caves”). We were allowed to go into the caves and explore them a bit. There was this one hole about 2 feet wide and 2 feet high that we had to go through to get out of the [...]

Israel – Day 8

Sean — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:41:26 +0000

A guy named Neil Lazarus conducted a seminar with us about Iran, Lebanon, Israel, and the future of the Middle East. Interestingly enough, the very next day, the UN unanimously voted to impose sanctions on Iran. After Neil was finished, Momo got up and talked to us again about Love. That evening, we made Havdallah [...]

Israel – Day 7

Sean — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:36:26 +0000

In the morning we visited Mount Herzl, which is the cemetery for soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks. We listened to some of the stories that the tour guide and our security guards had, and it was too hard to listen to, and I cried a bit. From there we walked to the Yad Vashem [...]

Israel – Day 6

Sean — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:27:43 +0000

In the morning we left Tiberias and drove to Kinneret, where we went to the cemetery. There we paid our respects to such great people as Rachel. We also saw the graves of Golda Meir (Israel’s first female prime minister), and Yitzhak Rabin (the only Prime Minister to be assassinated—1995 in Tel Aviv, killed by [...]

Israel – Day 5

Sean — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:25:26 +0000

In the morning we drove to the border of Israel/Lebanon and met soldiers on the frontline military post of Lilach. I’m not allowed to talk about what I saw there other than the sweet APCs (they transport soldiers) and guns. I met this soldier named Ilon, and he was an expert sniper at the age [...]

Israel – Day 4

Sean — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:21:12 +0000

We left around 7:30am and drove to Haifa. We saw the Bahai Gardens, which is kept beautifully by the Bahai people. Bahai is hailed as a religion the promotes world peace over everything else, but it is actually not a religion or a race, but more a way of thinking and living. After that we [...]

Israel – Day 3

Sean — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:15:36 +0000

We woke up around 6am and left the hotel at 7am. We went to the David Citadel Museum (don’t remember what this was, sorry). We arrived at the Tower of David but had to walk all along the outer wall to reach the Jewish Quarter because the first Quarter at the entrance was the Muslim [...]