I know it may seem difficult to fathom, but there are certain elements of life in Hebron that have nothing to do with politics. At least, they shouldn’t. For example, Tel Hebron. This site was called, by a preeminent archeologist, the second most important archeological site in Israel, after Jerusalem. Excavations in the middle 1960s, during the Jordanian occupation, revealed […]
Read moreProvisional death certificates There’s a person I know with serious medical issues. He’s undergoing various treatments, which may, or may not succeed in healing him. The therapy is exceedingly difficult, and the doctors, despite their continuing efforts, are not optimistic. A few days ago a senior medical staff member at the hospital had a meeting with the patient’s family. The […]
Read moreA Righteous Man – Herb Zweibon z”l (of blessed memory) I don’t think that by chance Herb died on Tu BeShavat, known as the holiday of trees, and also the holiday of Eretz YisraelEarly this afternoon I had a few minutes before leaving the office to photograph kids planting trees and bushes here in Hebron. An envelope had been sitting […]
Read moreTevet 27, 5771, 1/3/2011 Machpela miracles Over the past month, what I would consider to be three miracles have occurred in Hebron. I’d like to relate them.The first happened on the last night of Hanukkah. Every night, at Ma’arat HaMachpela, someone was honored toThis is the aura of Hebron, the spirit of Machpela, the Divine essence of this holy city. light […]
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