Tag: sea of galilee

The rising of the light: The Galilee to the lower Jordan River valley

Tsfat, Israel Jordan River valley, West Bank, Palestine Excerpts from my journal during a three month journey of photographic discovery in the Land of Troubles Photos September 8, 2009, Tuesday, Jericho, Sami Guest House, my room Tsfat Last night I met Ike, the former president, in a dream. He was elderly but virile, strong, handsome, […]

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The Rising of the Light, Summer in Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine: a report (June 17 – September 15, 2009)

El Mina, port of Gaza City, main port of the Gaza Strip (click for enlargement) Fish market (click for enlargement) This is not the last in my series of dispatches about my recent journey to Palestine and Israel. I am home in Cambridge Massachusetts, and this is the moment to write and post a report […]

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The rising of the light: Around the Sea of Galilee from the north, then east and down the lower Jordan River valley

Excerpts from my journal during a three month journey of photographic discovery in the Land of Troubles Photos September 6, 2009, Sunday, Tiberias, in the Aviv hostel, my dorm room I made a partial circuit around Lake Kinneret yesterday [September 6, 2009], from the northwest shore to the western shore. The altitude here in Tiberias […]

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