The Weizmann House was the home of the first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann.The house sits atop a hill in Rehovot, and is now part of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

also called Absalom’s Pillar.Absalom’s Tomb has traditionally been identified as the monument of Absalom, based on a verse in The Second Book of Samuel 18:18 (connection made by Benjamin of Tudela, 1170):”Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have […]

Remnants of the White Mosque (al-Masjid al-Abyad)The mosque was built by the caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik in 715-717,but was completed by his successor Umar II by 720.The mosque itself was constructed of marble, while its courtyard was made of other local stone (Wikipedia)

Ben Gurion’s Desert Home.David Ben Gurion’s house in Kibbutz Sde Boker, maintained as it was at his death in 1973, is now a museum.

Church of the Seven Apostles.Built in 1931 and located in the north-western corner of Capernaum (Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Mosheh ben Maimon, called Moses Maimonides and also known as RaMBaM. Related: Maimonides – Rambam (acronym)

The Atlit detainee camp was a detention camp established by the authorities of the British Mandate for Palestine at the end of the 1930s (Wikipedia).The camp was established to prevent Jewish refugees from entering Palestine. Tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants were interned at the camp.

Labels: Christian Holy Places, Kafr Kanna

The Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue was built in the sixteenth century on the northern edge of the Sephardic neighborhood.The synagogue was buiIt by Sephardic pilgrims from Greece who immigrated to Safed, nicknamed “Gergios”, Gringus, prior to the arrival of Rabbi Isaac Luria (known by his acronym “Ari”) to Safed at the end of the 16th century.They […]

Labels: Sharon Beach National Park, Sharon plain National Park Hof Hasharon.

Labels: Hadera, Map, Orot Rabin power station

The Edith Wolfson Park, Tel AvivKikar Levana is an environmental sculpture that sits atop a small hill, at the Edith Wolfson Park, in Tel Aviv.The sculpture’s name means White Square. It is located at the highest point in Tel Aviv where the city meets nearby Givatayim.The main entrance to the park is at the intersection […]

or Kasser Al YahudQasr el Yahud – The traditional spot where the Israelites crossed over the Jordan River.it is also the place (According to tradition) where the the baptism of Jesus took place (Matthew, 3: 13-17).

Maresha, Eleutheropolis, Tel Sandahannah, located ca.1.5km south of Beit Guvrin and 39km east of Ashkelon. In the Hellenistic period it was called Marissa or Marisa (the present-day Tel Maresha, or Tell Sandahannah, the ruin of a church, St. Anna, which inspired the Arab name for Bet Guvrin, “Sandahanna”), and is the best-known preserved town of […]