LENS ON A FERTILE LAND, ISRAEL

May 20, 2011

Givatayim - Ramat Gan - Tel Aviv - Yom Haatzmaut - 2011 - גבעתיים - תל אביב - רמת גן

Givatayim - גבעתיים

Givatayim - גבעתיים, a City built on 3 hills - Tel Aviv District. Givatayim shares it's borders with Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan.

Established in the late 50s.

Early Buildings are of the Modern Movement.

There is evidence that earliest residents of Givatayim lived here during the Chalcolithic Period -4000 - 3300 BCE (Copper and Stone Age)

Givatayim - גבעתיים

Ramat Gan - רמת גן - Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day) in all it's glory

Ramat Gan - Jabotinsky Street - D-Mall

Ramat Gan - רמת גן

Tel Aviv - תל אביב

Azrieli Buildings - Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

April 24, 2011

Jezreel Valley - View from Mt. Shaul - עמק יזרעאל - 2011

עמק יזרעאל - Jezreel Valley

Mt. Shaul, view onto the Jezreel Valley - a fertile inland plain south of the Lower Galilee region

March 11, 2011

THE NATION MOURNS THEIR SON, GILAD SHALIT. 1720 Days in Captivity - 11th March 2011 - גלעד שליט - 1720 ימים בשבי - 11 מרס

Gilad Shalit - Family Protest Tent - Jerusalem 11th March 2011

Link to the Tehillim project for Gilad Shalit:

March 6, 2011

Neot Kedumim - Biblical Reserve - נאות קדומים - 2011

Neot Kedumim - Biblical Reserve
נאות קדומים

Neot Kedumim is a 2,500 dunam nature preserve. It is located near Modiin, (mid-way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem). The park replicates the natural settings of Biblical times.

Almond Trees in Bloom - שקד מצוי

Mosiac Floor - Byzantine Period

324 - 640 CE

Cyclamen - רקפת

Oleander Capsule -הרדוף הנ חלים

Nodding Wood-sorrel - חמציץ נטוי

167 to 63 BCE Hashmonean building

חרצית עטורה, מורכבים - CROWN DAISY

January 14, 2011

Jerusalem 2010 - נעלי אליק - Elik's Shoes , (is no more)

Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) Nature Reserve - On The Dead Sea - "עינות צוקים "עין פשחה

Einot Tzukim Nature Reserve, also known as Ein Feshkha in Arabic, is an oasis along the eastern border of the Judean desert. This nature reserve lies at the lowest point on earth.

The oasis is fed by 150 different underground water springs of varying temperatures and varying degrees of saltiness.

עינות צוקים שמורת טבע, הידוע גם בשם "עין פשחה" בערבית, היא נווה מדבר לאורך הגבול המזרחי של מדבר יהודה. זו שמורת טבע הנמוך בעולם. אואזיס היא ניזונה מ- 150 המחתרת שונים בטמפרטורות בדרגות שונות של מליחות.