Original Vagabonds Adventures- Israel

06/05/2024

Listen to their voices. Listening to testimony of Holocaust survivors - all ages 85, 88, 92, 96- their life stories, their loss , their survival, their rebirth, their hope, their experience of October 7. 💔FREE THE HOSTAGES NOW

09/12/2023

https://www.thefp.com/p/the-woman-in-the-hamas-video-is-my-daughter?utm_source=tfpinstagram

There are 17 young females still being held hostage. One of them is my girl, Naama. And time is running out.

16/11/2023

16/11/2023

27/10/2023

Are you worried about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza? Easy solution: release the hostages. Feel free to share.

26/10/2023

"ואם אי פעם אמות
לפני שיגיע זמני,
אני רוצה שתחגגו את החיים
ולא תתאבלו על מותי.
שתקומו כל בוקר עם חיוך וגעגוע בלב,
ולא תתנו לאף שנייה מחייכם להתבזבז.
תראו עולם בשבילי, תעריכו כל רגע קטן
ומיידי פעם תחייכו לעננים – אני אהיה שם.
מצטערת על הצער שגרמתי,
שתדעו שאני במקום טוב
מתגעגעת
ואוהבת מאוד".

סמל (מיל') עדי ברוך ז"ל.

על זה נאמר - במותה צוותה לנו את החיים 💜
תודה עדי היכן שאת נמצאת.

Noa Antebi-Galili

26/10/2023

26/10/2023

26/10/2023

Shocked and pained by the murder of SPNI’s Yael Leibushor 💔

Our hearts are broken.
It is with great pain that we learned that Yael Leibushor, an educator and guide from SPNI’s Har Hanegev Field School, was murdered on Saturday while performing her duties as an IDF border observer.
Yael came to us two years ago with a smile on her face, one that is always there and doesn't go away, with a positive energy that infects everyone around her. She loved the desert, the craters and everything related to it - especially the people.
Yael was good-spirited, someone you could always count on, always right for any task. She knew how to improvise when needed and wasn't afraid to stand in front of dozens and explain about the wonders of the desert.
We are grateful that we had the privilege of knowing Yael, even if only for a few months.
Sad and hurt, our hearts go out to the family.

May she rest in peace.

09/03/2023

Lucky group from the Kinneret Academic College led by Prof. Mordechai Aviam discovers basalt sculpture that likely adorned synagogue, and a rare 1,800-year-old coin, on same day

26/12/2022

Tel Aviv's first ever hotel reopens after more than century
https://bit.ly/3jw3AVf

(Photo: Or Gefen)

20/12/2022

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/ancient_altar/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Biblical+Archaeology+Review&utm_content=The+Ancient+Altar+from+Jerusalem's+Church+of+the+Holy+Sepulchre&fbclid=IwAR2bXl6i_naCwh360Arx9oQDQM6zquvpfJhr8u8WUtfWQtDG0HwNo0MA2Po&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

During building renovations in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, archaeologists came across a stunning discovery, a large section from the

15/12/2022

The star 💫

The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has brought us some surprises, but after all, the two teams that made it up to the finals have been known for decades as some of the best national teams in the world: Argentina and France, who both held the FIFA world championship twice (France is its current holder). In contrast, the third-place play-off, which is to take place this Saturday, will see the national team of Croatia facing that of Morocco, both countries not commonly considered as soccer superpowers. Interestingly, the flags of these two Mediterranean nations employ astral symbols originating in the ancient world.
The flag of Croatia has its base consisting of a red, a white and a blue stripe – perhaps the most common combination of colors in the world’s national flags. Yet, in the center it features Croatia’s coat-of-arms, which includes the historical emblems of the regions comprising this country. Two of those five emblems contain a golden six-pointed star, also known as the hexagram or the Star of David. Currently seen as a Jewish symbol, the six-pointed star originally represented the Venus, especially in its rise just before the morning (the morning star). In cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia, the most common symbol of the Venus, and of the goddess Ishtar identified with that planet, was an eight-pointed star, but sometimes a six-pointed star also had the same function. After Mesopotamia was conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, the six-pointed star spread across the Hellenistic world and became a common magical symbol, but was not specifically identified with Judaism. The latter identification arose only in the High Middle Ages, when a six-pointed star was featured on the banner of the Jewish community of Prague; that was also the period when this symbol began to be called the Star of David. The Zionist movement adopted the Star of David as a Jewish symbol in the late 19th century, and consequently, the six-pointed star appears on the flag of modern Israel. But some other countries also employ the same symbol, without any Jewish connection.
The flag of Morocco was originally just a red banner, with no additional symbols. Yet, in 1915 the sultan Moulay Yusef added to the flag a green five-pointed star. In the Muslim world, this symbol was known as the Seal of Solomon, and the Jews imbued it with the same meaning from the Middle Ages onward. In Christian Europe, however, the five-pointed star was seen as symbolizing the five wounds of Jesus during the Crucifixion. In fact, this symbol originates from ancient Greece, where the philosophic school founded by Pythagoras considered it a symbol of well-being and good works. While modern Israel adopted the six-pointed star as its symbol, the earlier Jewish state – the Hasmonean kingdom – made use of the five-pointed star, which appears in stamp impressions on the handles of storage jars, surrounded by the Paleo-Hebrew inscription “Jerusalem.” Hundreds of jar handles of this type, dated to the late 2nd century BCE, have been found in Jerusalem and its environs, and one of them is on display in our museum. Come and see!

Jar handle with a stamp impression featuring a five-pointed star and the inscription “Jerusalem,” Judah, late 2nd century BCE, BLMJ 824

04/12/2022

Antiquities Authority says it was paved during the reign of emperor Hadrian; excavation works also unearth pottery shards, metal vessels and coins

27/09/2022

In a once-in-a-lifetime discovery, a burial cave from around the period of Ramesses II was discovered entirely intact in central Israel. The grave appears

15/08/2022

Mekorot is responsible for the Israeli water sector, using advanced technologies that attract the attention of water corporations and organizations from around the world.

25/07/2022

Currency minted during reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in 2nd century CE; discovered on seabed during survey carried out by Israel Antiquities Authority’s Marine Archaeology Unit

25/07/2022

Visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City can explore remains of King Herod’s palace, which may be where Roman governor Pontius Pilate tried and condemned Jesus of Nazareth to death.

21/07/2022

Old City excavations, ahead of work to improve disabled access at holy site, uncover ornate 1st century villa, oil lamps and a ritual mikveh that overlooked the Temple esplanade

28/06/2022

Underground channel set to start operating in spring; Sea of Galilee expert says tests indicate more pros than cons, but full effect on ecosystems will only emerge with monitoring

22/06/2022

New discovery joins a second very early mosque dated to the 7th century, when Islam was just beginning to spread in the Holy Land

13/06/2022

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot say they have uncovered traces of fire dating back at least 800,000 years.

19/05/2022

New research suggests Roman-period calcite-alabaster objects discovered in the Levant, including bathtubs found in the palace of Herod the Great, may have been sourced locally. It was previously thought that all ancient calcite-alabaster vessels discovered in the region were made of stone imported from Egypt.

archaeology.org/news/10553-220518-israel-alabaster-bathtub

(Prof. Amos Frumkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

19/05/2022

Man from central Israel suspected of smuggling thousands of priceless treasures abroad for years through an online store