Last week I wrote about the people of Israel; this week I will focus on some of the buildings in that great land.  But let me warn you about something before we get started. If you are hoping for a scholarly dissertation on all of the background facts I absorbed while listening to our learned guide, Leo, you might be disappointed.  While I did have…

I know that many people go to Israel to focus on the holy sites and the historical and Biblical richness of the area.  And while those were certainly important parts of my experience,  I was also interested in capturing images of the people who live there. What a wonderful and rich variety I found.…

A little detour from posting about the Israel trip . . .…

(Edited to add on Feb. 25:   All the pictures in this post eventually made their way into one of the posts I wrote in the weeks following.  I am going to leave it up anyway since it captures my initial overview of the country.) I have just a very few minutes to get a post up so I’ll share some pictures with limited commentary.  We…