The Knesset

Visit to the Knesset

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March 23rd 2010
One Passover tradition is the reading of the Song of Songs, exquisite love poetry of the Bible, celebrating the blossoming of spring and of young love. Allegories aside (and there are plenty of them!), it is so lovely to see the Biblical verses coming alive all around me: "The winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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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