Ancient Nazaeth

Nazareth, Dead Sea and Jerusalem

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January 6th 2009
Greetings from Jerusalem. I joined the group that paid for this trip Monday morning. The group named MASA serves as a main point of contact for more than a hundred “gap year” programs. Gap year is a term known more in Europe and addresses the year after a student graduates high school but before they start college. The idea is that students need a break from their studies to have an adventure ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more