Daniel Eilon, at The Blogs

Sep 15, 2023, 6:31 PM

The Way of the Karaites – the Road Not Taken

Where two roads diverge we cannot travel down both - we have to choose. Robert Frost’s 1915 poem “The Road Not Taken” was originally intended as a joke - aimed at a fellow-poet’s indecision - but has been taken...

Jul 16, 2023, 2:32 PM

Far from the Madding Crowd – 2 – Ein Keshatot

If you want to see a life-size, full-colour, three-dimensional resurrection of the dead with your own eyes, you don’t need to wait for the end of days, you could see it later on today – come to visit the...

Jul 9, 2023, 12:37 AM

Far From The Madding Crowd in Israel – 1 – Sussita

The city Sussita has been here since the second century BCE - the statue of the horse (sus in Hebrew) for not much more than a couple of weeks. Photo: Daniel Eilon

“This place would be perfect for tourists, if it wasn’t for all these crowds ….” Tourists love to complain that a place is too touristy. Fair enough. As travellers they want to see places that are new and different and...

Jul 2, 2023, 5:12 PM

Don’t miss the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum

I stood in front of a huge interactive display swiping and tapping, calling up archive newsreel from over a century ago and 3D images of artifacts created over 3,000 years ago. Then it hit me. I had been at this...

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I'm a licensed Israeli Tour Guide, born in Haifa and raised in the UK where I was previously a university lecturer in English Literature and then a copyright lawyer. I'm a recent immigrant now living in Jerusalem. My father was born in Jaffa and my grandmother was born in Be'er Tuvia, so I am both new to this land and a third-generation Sabra. http://www.guidefortheperplexed.com

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