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New Travel Restrictions – Might as well stay home…

I am no security expert, but I am a relatively experienced international flyer.  I can tell you this, the new travel restrictions on flights to and from the USA make me very uninterested in flying.  I suppose that’s what the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are hoping for as much as their more dastardly plans.
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A Baboon & A Crowned Crane in Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan Safari 2009
If animals could speak.  I wonder what was on his mind.

Baboon at the Ramat Gan Safari, 2009.

These photographs are copyright 2009 Moshe T. and are made available under a Creative Commons License.

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3 Men to Take Out the Torah – Peticha in America

An old joke waiting to be told:
How many Jews does it take to open the Ark and take out the Torah? Normally, the answer is one. Ok, I’ve seen in some synagouges two. How about three?
Background:
The synagouge service on days were the Torah includes an honor called “peticha” which litterally means [...]

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Watch Israel TV on the Internet

The internet makes it easy for you to watch live tv from anywhere in the world.
There are several Israeli TV Channels who stream their stations live, or offer daily rebroadcasts of news and other shows. When you click on the link, your Windows Media Player will open and begin playing the selected [...]

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Sukkot in Jerusalem is Electric

The crowds, the energy, the excitement.  Those of us who are fortunate to live in Israel and live in or close enough to Jerusalem, know that this coming week of Sukkot is perhaps the best time of the year.

Just like in ancient times when the Temples stood, throngs of Israelis visit Jerusalem from all over [...]

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Israel Images Collection – I

Let’s start off the new year with some new images of Israel.
I have put together a short movie of some of my top images of Israel.  This is the first part of many to be added in the coming weeks.
(The wonderful music score is from Mozart’s Adagio #4)

var s1 = new SWFObject(”http://www.holyexposures.com/mediaplayer.swf”,”single”,”400″,”300″,”7″);
s1.addParam(”wmode”,”transparent”);
s1.addParam(”allowScriptAccess”, “always”);
s1.addVariable(”midroll”, “3353″);
s1.addVariable(”enablejs”, “true”);
s1.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”file”,”IsraelCollectionI.flv”);
s1.write(”mediaspace”);

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Caesarea (קיסריה) and the Roman Aqueducts

When I think of Caesarea, and its 18 hole golf course near the beach, it usually comes with a longing for my golf clubs that I left in the USA 14 years ago.  It’s situated about 50KM north of Tel Aviv and is easily accessible from the main Coastal Highway.
Caesarea, is actually however, a top [...]

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