Dana Evan Kaplan

One of the most amazing finds -- the most amazing really -- is the Magdala Stone. The Magdala stone is a carved stone block found in the...

A first century synagogue was discovered at Migdal, also called Magdala. This is my favorite archaeological site from all the places that...

From the Sun City Independent Posted Monday, August 12, 2024 5:00 am Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley will present a four-part...

Pastor Joe A.M Rwemera invited me to a moving commemoration. On August 13, 2004, an armed group attacked the UN's Gatumba refugee camp in...

For lunch on the second day there wasn't a lot of choice. James found a small restaurant and they had some delicious schnitzel on challah.

Having left Susita, our second location for the morning on the second day of touring with James was a modern site. The Kinneret Courtyard...

During the Israeli War of Independence, the Syrian Army was shooting at Kibbutz Ein Gev from this area. James told the story of a brave...

Sussita Hippos National Park is on a hill on the slopes of what is the beginning of the Golan Heights just east of the Sea of Galilee...

The large, impressive synagogue which was built of basalt stones and decorated with Jewish motifs is the most striking of the surviving...

Most of the structures found were made from basalt , a black volcanic rock found locally. I am not sure if this arch was reconstructed...

After lunch, James drove us to the Korazim National Park, the site of an excavated ancient Jewish town, including a huge synagogue. ...

We had a delicious lunch at the Arab Israeli restaurant where I first tasted Amba. Amba is a tangy mango sauce of Baghdadi Indian Jewish...

Perhaps a century after Solomon’s rule, the Israelites built a massive shaft 130 feet deep into the tell, reaching the water table...

Oded Borowski is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Archaeology and Hebrew at Emory University. He is the director of the Lahav Research...

Archaeologists have uncovered a six-chambered gate with two towers at Hazor. Was it built by King Solomon? It is possibly dated to the...

I had read James Michener's The Source during the summer between high school and college and enjoyed reading about a "tel", a large...

Then James drove me to Hazor, a huge archeological site inhabited by numerous groups over many hundreds of years. The tel of Hazor is the...

My tour guide James McKeever introduced me to Avraham Loewenthal, a mystical artist in the Old City Artist Quarter of Tzfat. The Tzfat...