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So There I Was: Mama Druise’s Unleavened Bread Stand

In 2008, I traveled to Israel and visited Caesarea Phillipi, which is believed to be the site of the Transfiguration. This is me in front of the gates of hell. And that is the reason why the temperatures at Caesarea Phillipi resemble the surface of the sun. Our tour guide Ruti was an interesting character. We were convinced that she was definitely scoring some kickback shekels from the many random

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In the words of The Sound of Music’s Mother Superior: “Climb Every Mountain”

***Note: This was a previous post that I had to move/recreate (thus comments are lost).  Sorry for any inconvenience — webMAN*** Masaa Al-Khayr (“Good Evening” in Arabic) from Petra! After waking from a restful night of three times the amount of sleep we’ve received in the last three days (AKA seven hours) we were raring to experience Petra—one of the Eight Wonders of the World (Please note, citing eight wonders

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In the words of Ruti, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Lift up your voice & sing!”

***Note: This was a previous post that I had to move/recreate (thus comments are lost).  Sorry for any inconvenience — webMAN*** “Shalom Shabbat” from Jerusalem! Today is Friday which marks our second Sabbath in the Holy Land! We’re veritable experts now. Today was anything but a day of rest, though. Ruti had half of our group up at the crack of dawn to visit the Wailing Wall (fortunately we bloggirls

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