The Hebrew University on Mt Scopus
A good friend of mine is a guide who lives on Mt Scopus, in Jerusalem. When I was visiting him…
Modern Period
Settlement of the Jordan Valley
A strange atmosphere today, a sense of nearing the end, as we began our penultimate tour of the course. Today’s…
Beer Sheva and the Southern Coastal Plain
Today’s tour was dedicated to various sites along the southern coastal plain, culminating in a jump into the capital of…
Modern Tel Aviv
Today was the second of our tours of Tel Aviv. The first dealt largely with the establishment of the city;…
The Battles for Jerusalem
Once more we traveled to Jerusalem for today’s tour, with the focus on the city as part of the wars…
The South in 1948
Last week’s tour was dedicated to the battle for the road to Jerusalem in 1948. We finished the day learning…
The Road to Jerusalem in 1948
Having concluded our study of Israel’s wars in class, we were now to go out into the field to get…
Jerusalem in the British Mandate Period
As part of our series of trips exploring the development of the modern city of Jerusalem (i.e. outside of the…
Leaving the Old City walls of Jerusalem
While last week’s trip was focussed on the first buildings outside of the Old City walls by the Christian European…
The European Powers in Jerusalem
We returned to Jerusalem for a trip themed around the arrival of the European powers in the city. Over the…