Israel

Embark on a Timeless Odyssey: Israel's Ancient Landscapes and Modern Wonders

Israel, a land of profound historical and spiritual significance, sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe. This small yet impactful country is a mosaic of ancient biblical history and dynamic modern culture. Its story begins over three millennia ago, evolving through periods of Hebrew kings, Roman rule, Ottoman influence, and ultimately, the establishment of a modern state in 1948, nestled on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ancient Chronicles and Contemporary Vibrancy

The chronicles of Israel are alive within its bustling cities, solemn memorials, and ancient walls. It's a nation that has witnessed the comings and goings of empires, each leaving behind a rich tapestry of archaeological and cultural wealth.

Jerusalem: A City of Heritage

Jerusalem stands as a timeless emblem of the country's tapestry, revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. The Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Dome of the Rock are just a few landmarks among the city's labyrinthine alleys that tell stories of faith and history.

Tel Aviv: The Pulse of Modernity

Contrasting with the ancient is Tel Aviv, a hub of innovation, nightlife, and the Bauhaus architecture of the White City. It's a place where contemporary art, culinary excellence, and beach culture thrive.

The Dead Sea: A Natural Wonder

Beyond city life, the Dead Sea offers a serene escape, famous for its buoyant waters and mineral-rich mud. The Masada fortress nearby stands as a symbol of resilience, overlooking this tranquil expanse.

Galilee: A Green Haven

The verdant region of Galilee is steeped in natural beauty and biblical heritage, inviting exploration of its hills, historical sites, and the Sea of Galilee itself, a focal point of Christian history.

From the Red Sea resort town of Eilat to the mystical city of Safed, Israel is a country that invites wonder and reflection. Travel through its deserts, delve into its cities, and discover its sacred spaces with travel.frogsfolly.com as your guide. Join us on a journey to Israel, where every stone has a story, and every sunrise holds the promise of a new discovery.

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Mirit Ben Nun: Shortness of breath 'Shortness of breath' is not only a sign of physical weakness, it is a metaphor for a mental state of strong desire that knows no repletion; more and more, an unbearable glut, without repose. Mirit Ben Nun's type of work on the other hand requires an abundance of patience. This is a Sisyphean work (requiring hard labor) of marking lines and dots, filling every empty millimeter with brilliant blots. Therefore we are facing a paradox or a logical conflict. A patient and effortful work that stems from an urgent need to cover and fill, to adorn and coat. Her craft of layering reaches a state of a continuous ceremonial ritual. This ritual digests every object into itself - useful or discarded -- available and ordinary or rare and exceptional -- they submit and devote to the overlay work. Mirit BN gathers scrap off the streets -- cardboard rolls of fabric, assortments of wooden boards and pieces, plates and planks -- and constructs a new link, her own syntax, which she alone is fully responsible for. The new combination -- a type of a sculptural construction -- goes through a process of patching by the act of painting. In fact Mirit regards her three dimensional objects as a platform for painting, with a uniform continuity, even if it has obstacles, mounds and valleys. These objects beg her to paint, to lay down colors, to set in motion an intricate weave of abstract patterns that at times finds itself wandering the contours of human images and sometimes -- not. In those cases what is left is the monotonous activity of running the patterns, inch by inch, till their absolute coverage, till a short and passing instant of respite and than on again to a new onset. Next to this assembly of garbage and it's recycling into 'painted sculptures' Mirit offers a surprising reunion between her illustrated objects and so called cheap African sculpture; popular artifacts or articles that are classified in the standard culture as 'primitive'. This combination emphasizes the difference between her individualistic performance and the collective creation which is translated into cultural clichés. The wood carved image creates a moment of peace within the crowded bustle; an introverted image, without repetitiveness and reverberation. This meeting of strangers testifies that Mirit' work could not be labeled under the ´outsiders art´ category. She is a one woman school who is compelled to do the art work she picked out to perform. Therefore she isn't creating ´an image´ such as the carved wooden statues, but she produces breathless ´emotional jam' whose highest values are color, motion, beauty and plenitude. May it never lack, neither diluted, nor dull for even an instant Tali Tamir August 2010</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking Mount Zion in Jerusalem.<br />
The museum tells the story of the life of Menachem Begin, from his childhood in Poland to become Prime Minister of the State of Israel.</p>
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<p>Tel Aviv exercises</p>
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<p>The silence, the salt, the sea — and a person small against nature’s grand design.</p>
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<p>A fragment of Dead Sea mud reveals embedded salt crystals with raw, natural edges. These small formations appear spontaneously beneath the cracked and mineral-rich surface.</p>
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<p>A moment of surreal beauty captured where salt meets water in the Dead Sea.</p>
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<p>Haifa Israel April 2025</p>
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<p>Haifa Israel April 2025</p>
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<p>Haifa Israel April 2025</p>
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