These are all photographs that I took in Israel in January 2000, when I travelled there with a group from Tufts Hillel as part of Hillel's Israel 2000, which is one of the Birthright Israel programs. Birthright Israel is a program that enables Jewish students to travel to Israel for free, thanks to the philanthropy of Michael Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman. The 60 students from Tufts were in Israel from January 4-13, 2000.
These photos were taken with a lousy Fuji 35mm point and shoot camera and a suprisingly decent Fuji 35mm disposable camera. Definately not the best equipment available. They were developed to Kodak Picture CD at Tenafly Camera For the web, I scaled them down to 600x400 resolution from the higher resolution images.
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;) Looking towards Israel from the Golan Heights. Jan 6, 2000 |
;) Destroyed Syrian military equipment in the Golan Heights.Jan 6, 2000 |
;) Our Land Rover. Unlike most of the others, we didn't get stuck in the Golan Heights mud.Jan 6, 2000 |
;) The Sea of Galilee from Kibbutz Kfar Haruv atop the Golan Heights. Jan 6, 2000 |
;) Me standing on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. Jan 7, 2000 |
;) Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem on Shabbat. From the same location as the previous picture, but without people. Jerusalem closes down completely on Shabbat. Jan 8, 2000 |
;) Me at the promenade overlooking Jerusalem. Jan 9, 2000 |
;) The archaeological excavations of the Southern Wall of the Second Temple. Jan 9, 2000 |
;) Tufts and MIT students (Bus #21) at the Southern Wall excavation. Jan 9, 2000 |
;) The Kotel, the Western Wall of the Second Temple. Jan 9, 2000 |
;) This sculpture at Yad Vashem really moved me.Jan 9, 2000 |
;) Good Morning! 4:47 AM. Time to hike Masada. Scott's awake and ready. Wayne isn't. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) We made it! Howard and Scott atop of Masada, before sunrise. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Tour guide Maoz keeping the lookout for sunrise atop Masada. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Watching sunrise on top of Masada. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Sunrise over the Dead Sea from atop Masada. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Masada from the bottom. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) The Dead Sea's Mineral Beach. This really is not a postcard. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Hiking in the desert near the Dead Sea. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Sunset in the desert near the Dead Sea. Jan 11, 2000 |
;) Tour guide Maoz with Napoleon in Old Jaffa. Jan 12, 2000 |
;) Me with the tree I just planted. Jan 13, 2000 |
;) Planting trees. Jan 13, 2000 |