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David Dewhirst Israel Trip
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- Jan 31, 2017, 4:53pm
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 787 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.776859, 35.2052831°46’37” N 35°12’19” E
Day 9
Knesset Building
January 31, 2017 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The Parliament (Knesset) of Israel is housed in a prominent building known by the same name, the Knesset. The Hebrew word Knesset means "assembly." The parliament has 120 seats (members) who are elected by the citizens of Israel on a proportional representation system. The State of Israel is a democratic parliamentary republic. The Knesset has the sole power to make or amend the laws. The Knesset building was inaugurated in 1966 and is open to the public. The Knesset first convened on February 14, 1949, following theJanuary 20 elections, succeeding the Assembly of Representatives that had functioned as the Jewish community's parliament during the British Mandate era.

The Knesset sits on a hilltop in western Jerusalem in a district known as Sheikh Badr before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, now Givat Ram. It was financed by James A. de Rothschild as a gift to the State of Israel. The cost, at the time was six million Israeli pounds. It was built on land leased from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Before the construction of its permanent home, the Knesset met in the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem, the Kessem Cinema building in Tel Aviv and the Froumine building in Jerusalem.Read more
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Traveler 2018 Israel
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- Dec 31, 2018
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 770 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.773344, 35.20401831°46’24” N 35°12’14” E
Day 6
The Israel Museum
December 31, 2018 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Unser nächstes Ziel ist das Israel Museum. Wo wir die nächsten Stunden damit verbringen uns die Ausstellung anzuschauen und die Gemälde zu bewundern.
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UrchinJoe Oh, Clouds Unfold
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- Dec 8, 2018, 12:00pm
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 774 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.77353, 35.2029931°46’25” N 35°12’11” E
Day 3
The Israel Museum
December 8, 2018 in Israel ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We visited the Israel Museum. It was good, very big, very interesting exhibitions and sculpture garden. Highlights included a 9,000 year old sculpture and Sigmund Freud's rings.
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Israel
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- Nov 14, 2018, 9:42pm
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 754 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.772458, 35.20559931°46’21” N 35°12’20” E
Day 13
Israel Museum 3
November 14, 2018 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Israels museum har også en udstilling om tøjmode igennem tiderne, og vi så en kjole der har været i Eurovision.
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Israel
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- Nov 14, 2018, 9:39pm
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 747 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.772457, 35.20594231°46’21” N 35°12’21” E
Day 13
Israel Museum 2
November 14, 2018 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Museet har kunstsamlinger fra hele verden, her ses bl.a. japansk kunst, moderne kunst, og jødisk brudebeklædning fra forskellige steder rundt i verden.
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Traveler The Land of Israel
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- Nov 17, 2019, 11:59pm
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.774084, 35.19948631°46’27” N 35°11’58” E
Day 192
MASADA מצדה
November 17, 2019 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Masada is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The King Herod built it as his Winter Palace, but it was later used as a refugee for the Jewish Rebels who fled from the Roman Empire. History said that there were living approximately 1000 jews living there, and when the Romans discovered their refuge they beganto build a ramp up with the purpose to access the place and kill them. ( you can still see from above where the roman camps were located). The Romans were using also jewish slaves for the construction and for that reason the people up in Masada did'nt attack them but instead, the head of the rebels decided to commit a massive suicide, where 7 men killed everybody up and then committed suicide.
Thus they defended their freedom and did not cause any harm to their fellow Jews.

I've been in Masada two times, the first one I climbed up before the sunrise with my friend Jeff and the second one I went with Leo.

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Masada es un sitio del patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO. El rey Herodes lo construyó como su Palacio de Invierno, pero más tarde fue utilizado como refugio de los rebeldes judíos que huyeron del Imperio Romano. La historia decía que vivían aproximadamente 1000 judíos viviendo allí, y cuando los romanos descubrieron su refugio comenzaron a construir una rampa con el propósito de acceder al lugar y matarlos. (todavía se puede ver desde arriba donde estaban los campamentos romanos). Los romanos también utilizaban esclavos judíos para la construcción y por eso la gente de Masada no los atacó, sino que el jefe de los rebeldes decidió cometer un suicidio masivo, donde 7 hombres mataron a todos y luego se suicidaron. Así defendieron la libertad y no causaron ningún daño a sus compañeros judíos.Read more
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Traveler The Land of Israel
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- Feb 10, 2020
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.774084, 35.19948631°46’27” N 35°11’58” E
Day 277
Traditional Hebrew Writting Workshop
February 10, 2020 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
With Parchment, ink and feathers I learned from a former Torah Sofer about the handwriting tradition, its rules and the significance of the holy hebrew letters.

The Hebrew alphabet consist in 22 letters, each letter has a name not a sound, for example: is no A B C D, is Alef, bet, guimel, dalet, hei...

To be honest I'm a bit proud of the results.

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Con pergamino, tinta y plumas aprendí de un ex Torá Sofer sobre la tradición de la escritura a mano, sus reglas y el significado de las sagradas letras hebreas.

El alfabeto hebreo consta de 22 letras, cada letra tiene un nombre, no un sonido, por ejemplo: no es A B C D, es Alef, bet, guimel, dalet, hei ...

Para ser honesta, estoy un poquitito orgullosa de los resultados.Read more
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Traveler The Land of Israel
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- Dec 15, 2019
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.774084, 35.19948631°46’27” N 35°11’58” E
Day 220
End of 5 months in the Hebrew Course
December 15, 2019 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
The Hebrew high school is over after 5 months of intense learning.
Got to learn a whole new alphabet, turned my brain upside down writing from right to left ,and already catching up some conversations from the locals on the bus. When I just arrived, the signs and all were just some hieroglyphs, -I mean still they are, -but reminds me of when I was an annoying kid excited for reading all the signs in the street when I just learned how to read my mother tongue many years ago. Still a loooooooooooottttt to learn but we'll see how it goes.
‎אולפן עציון, ירושלים.- 15/12/19
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Aprendí un alfabeto completamente nuevo, volteé mi cerebro escribiendo de derecha a izquierda y ya me puse al día con algunas conversaciones de los locales en el autobús. Cuando recién llegué, los letreros y todo eran solo jeroglíficos, -Quiero decir, todavía lo son, -pero me recuerda a cuando era una nina molesta emocionada por leer todos los letreros en la calle cuando recién aprendí a leer a mi lengua materna hace muchos años.Read more
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- Aug 21, 2019, 11:59pm
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.774084, 35.19948631°46’27” N 35°11’58” E
Day 104
YAD VASHEM: Holocaust Musuem
August 21, 2019 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
A visit to the Holocaust Musuem is a most in Jerusalem, even if you think you already know what happened.
I find very valuable the amount of information about the anti semitic propaganda before the beggining of the war, for example: board games about how to kick out the jews, children books about how harmful and evil the jews are, can help you to understand how it develops from a certain racism and anti semitism to a gigantic genocide in which 6 million people were killed.
The building itself is a piece of art; the path you follow through all the rooms it could really trasmit you how dark and terrific were these events but at the end when you exit the building, a beatiful view of the Jerusalem Mountains is waiting , representing the reborn of the people of Israel and the return from exile.

I read one day that If we held a moment of silence for every victim of the Holocaust we would be silent for eleven and a half years.
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Encuentro muy valiosa la cantidad de información sobre la propaganda antisemita antes del comienzo de la guerra, por ejemplo: juegos de mesa sobre cómo echar a los judíos, libros para niños sobre lo dañinos y malvados que son los judíos, pueden dar una vision panoramica acerca ade cómo se desarrolla desde cierto nivel de racismo a un genocidio gigantesco en el que murieron 6 millones de personas.
El edificio en sí es una obra de arte; El camino que sigue a través de todas las habitaciones realmente podría trasmitirle cuán oscuros y terribles fueron estos eventos, pero al final cuadno se sale del edificio encuentras una hermosa vista de las montañas de Jerusalén que representan el renacimiento del pueblo de Israel y el regreso del exilio.

Leí un día que si guardáramos un momento de silencio por cada víctima del Holocausto, estaríamos en silencio durante once años y medio.Read more
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Traveler The Land of Israel
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- Aug 21, 2019, 11:59pm
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- Israel Jerusalem Newé Sha’anan 31.774084, 35.19948631°46’27” N 35°11’58” E
Day 104
When I saw a Camel for the first time
August 21, 2019 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
My cousin Larissa was in a Euro trip and she decided to come to Israel with her boyfriend Frank. Larissa is a faithful christian and she enjoyed a lot to visit all the historic places connected with Christianity in Jerusalem. They came exact for my birthday and we went to the Dead Sea to celebrate. There was my first ''Camel sighting''
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Mi prima Larissa estaba en un viaje por Europa y decidió venir a Israel con su novio Frank. Larissa es una fiel cristiana y disfrutó mucho de visitar todos los lugares históricos relacionados con el cristianismo en Jerusalén. Vinieron exactamente para mi cumpleaños y fuimos al Mar Muerto a celebrar. Ahi fue mi primer `` avistamiento de camellos ''Read more
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