Dana Evan Kaplan

Here's a photo of the golf course close to my house back in Arizona right after my arrival from Israel July 2024.

I thought it was funny that the guy was trying to read a book while waiting for his baggage!

I got to the airport pretty early and was the first in line at United.

Here's a few photos walking around Tel Aviv before checking out of my hotel and going to the airport this past July

This is an entry on Facebook published by Professor Jacob Neusner's son. Professor Neusner was a tremendous inspiration for me.  Today my...

Here are David and Paula Ben-Gurion in North Tel Aviv. I'm not sure how long they have been here but I don't recall them being here from...

Here's some more photos of the same Market. It's definitely a fun place to wander around for a couple of hours. In addition to spices...

I forgot to buy spices until the very last minute but I fortunately had a little bit of time on the very last day in Tel Aviv so I walked...

Amir and I studied together at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem in the early 1990s. I left the country immediately after our courses...

Skinny is trying to compete with his friend Casanova over who can develop more of a winning image!

Views from my hotel room

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I came across this character walking around Tiberias. Like most of the people of this city, he was very friendly. But he kept getting...

On Sunday, I left James and his family and the kibbutz and took a local bus to Tiberias which took about a half an hour. I had been...

Bet She'an, the only one of the ten cities of the Decapolis west of Jordan, is one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East. The...

I tried my first Mansaf in Israel. Mansaf ( Arabic : منسف [ˈmansaf] ) is a traditional Jordanian dish made of lamb cooked in a sauce of...

Malabi is similar to a rose water based milk pudding and served with orange blossom flavor and served with pistachios.

A Yemenite Jewish pastry, originating from the Adeni Jews, and traditionally served on Shabbat morning, with resek agvaniyot, hard-boiled...

This is where the famous battle took place between Gideon and his 300 men and the Midianites, who were as numerous as the sand of the...

I will try to finish off my Israel trip from July today. I have several more postings to go. This is Tel Megiddo from day 3 of the tour...