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Odzala National Park, my home for a year... What are they doing to you!?

Israel admits it covertly canceled residency status of 140,000 Palestinians

Another unhappy truth is revealed about the State of Israel -Revoking Residence Rights

"Document obtained by Haaretz reveals that between 1967 and 1994 many Palestinians traveling abroad were stripped of residency status, allegedly without warning."

Get Fit for Latvia Win!

The Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa Rugby teams are coming together to train for the National Season- the Competition is being held this July in Latvia!

We are practicing on mondays & fridays.... and then the gym in between! Its hard but its going to be worth it! All those that want to be added to the Fitness Schedule that we will all be using please send me your email. COME ON GIRLS IT'S SWEAT TIME!!

Romania 2010

Intensive Archaeology in Jerusalem

I knew a few projects...but had no idea of the scale of the excavations going on in my own city! Haaretz covered all the projects and their long-term goals aswell as all the balagan/messy politicals that surrounds it.. a worthwhile read for all those interested in archaeology and especially the controversies of Heritage and Legitimacy in Israel.

Passover Meal with Rozenblum Family

Amit and I spent the Passover Meal with his parents in Haifa, Amit's sisters and their families and Uncle Yair's family aswell. It was a special time being baby Or's first Passover. Little Naama also did a great job in singing and i never found out which of the kids found the Aficomen at the end. All in all it was a lovely time and a Big Thankyou to Yudit for a wonderful meal!

Baby Or and Arieh

Meirav & Or

Amit Reading

Sivan, Ravit and Meirav

Naama & Yonatan

family table

family table

Yair & Amit

Title: "Battle against malaria gets boost from Canadian researchers"

Encouraging news about a vaccine for Malaria- Read The Globe and Mail
also very interesting statistics appear at the end of the article

Shikmona Cleaned-Up!

Due to the rains last week the crew spent the time removing all the weeds that had overgrown the lovely 8th century building. Take a fresh look at those lovely pillars, door-way, olive press and staircase!!

Big thanks to Anna for taking the pics / letting me use her camera.

Worth A Read: ANC & the Saving Metal Thorium

David Gleason's article
in support check out the telegraph's article on China and Thorium

Worth a Read: Terrorism & American Legal System

http://chronicle.com/article/My-Student-the-Terrorist/126937/

Quite an Eye-Opener to say the least

Chocolate Break @ Uni

Thanks Haggai & Tamar for inviting (and supplying) chocolate for the infamous "chocolate break" i've been hearing so much about... unfortunately we ate the chocs so fast that we just have pictures of our ugly mugs :)

Skimona Revisted

Okay guys...sorry i haven't got pictures to post just yet- waiting for a friend to send them to me (Anna how are you doing?! ;) But Shikmona is Amazing and Very complicated!! Haggai has a network of about four phases of walls and scant floors... :(
i got to excavate my first mosaic floor in Yuli's area and felt a rebirth ~ Twas AWESOME.

here is the one pic i took off my phone. looking west Shikmona with Container & Toilet :)

Bible Digestion in Israel (and the World at large...)

Here's an article i liked in Haaretz Newspaper (by Yair Hoffman)- It touches on the journalist's chance meeting with a religious authourity and discovering the man unaware of some very basic facts around the bible- such as different versions, translations & the canonical history of the Masoretic Text!                                                      
Why the article was of interest were due to his two paragraphs where he focuses on the importance for general society to understand these basic facts about the development of this religious text.....

        "Indeed, not every textual finding is of interest outside of scholarly circles. Yet the image that takes shape when the findings are put together is vitally important. Awareness of the processes by which the Bible was written and passed down, and knowledge of nuances and differences in its various versions, confer to the reader a historical dimension crucial for the understanding of the cultural essence of the sacredness that generations of faithful have attributed to the Bible.

        "Anyone who grasps that the Bible we have in hand is not the "first" version of the holy book will not be susceptible to the pseudo-kabbalist masters who purport to predict the future based on the text. In addition, awareness of the existence of various versions of the Bible, and the process by which they were relayed from generation to generation, impedes fundamentalism and is a prerequisite for the development of a rational, cultural approach to the Bible, one that regards the text as an exemplary human creation.  

                                                                                                                           A Samaritan Torah scroll.