Tag: israel
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Wandering Through the Ancient Streets of Bethlehem
As Jerusalem disappeared behind us, towns built from pale yellow stone appeared across the hillsides, their light-colored walls and clusters of palm trees glowing in the morning sun. It was our first glimpse of the ancient landscape that awaited us. We had caught a local bus to Bethlehem just outside Damascus Gate for only a…
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The Afternoon I Climbed a Fence in Old Jaffa
I arrived in Israel a few hours before my husband, which gave me the perfect excuse to spend the afternoon wandering through Old Jaffa Port by myself. We hadn’t seen each other for a few days and I wondered if he would recognize me with my new haircut. (As it turned out… he didn’t.) The…
