Daniel Eilon, at The Blogs

Daniel Eilon

English lecturer turned lawyer turned Israeli Tour Guide

Sep 26, 2023, 3:00 PM

Saving the past and empowering the future: the new National Library of Israel

A glorious new palace of learning - the new National Library of Israel building. All photos © Daniel Eilon 2023

Most public institutions invest a lot of energy in keeping the public out. Yes within strict limits you can go to watch court cases in action. Yes, you can go to the visitors’ gallery in the Knesset – the place...

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...

About Me

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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