Ateret Cope
We started our day at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum. It was a challenging day emotionally, physically and spiritually and our attempt to put it into words was yet another […]
On Shabbat morning we slept in, had a lovely breakfast, and then made our way by taxi to The Israel Museum. As we explored the exhibits, we were intrigued by […]
This morning started out on the bus heading to the City of David. Because of Ramadan, many streets were closed to traffic and we had to begin at Jaffa Gate […]
Wednesday evening we shared a final meal with our Israeli colleagues, boarded our bus and headed for the Kibbutz Ginosar. We rose early Thursday morning and were greeted with our […]
We were warned that today would be a day of SO MUCH DATA. Latin lesson: “do, dare” means ‘to give,’ and ‘data’ means ‘stuff given,’ i.e., information, or “in other […]
Day five of our seminar had us saying goodbye to the Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel and heading towards Jerusalem. On our journey we made a stop at Zippori. We began the […]
Today the group ventured to three main sites; Umm el Kanatir Synagogue, Nimrod Fortress, and Tel Dan National Park. After a yummy buffet breakfast at our hotel, Nof Ginosar Kibbutz, […]
We left Haifa today and headed towards Akko, a site Avi promised would be “sexy” and it very much lived up to the promise! The amazing remains of the Crusader […]
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 With a full night of sleep in a very comfortable hotel in Haifa that helped to defeat the lingering jet lag, the group set out in […]
Today we woke up with a lovely view of the Dead Sea and we had our breakfast overlooking the amazing landscape. Then we left for Jerusalem! The group had a chance to […]