JERUSALEM — Before we arrived in the Holy Land, Professor Goldman encouraged us to travel in three capacities: As tourists, as pilgrims, and most importantly, as journalists. The eighth and final day of our Israel journey was emblematic of these complex identities and afforded us a chance to reflect on our travels. Read more
JERUSALEM — Since Jerusalem’s traffic was temporarily snarled by the city’s fourth annual marathon this morning, our professors opted against touring as a group–and the troops of The Land went our separate ways for reporting. Some of us explored the Old City, others attended an Armenian Orthodox mass Read more
JERUSALEM — After five months of reading and talking about Jerusalem in class, the day had come when we could finally journey through it. After landing in the secular city of Tel Aviv on Sunday, exploring Israel’s coastal cities throughout the week Read more
BETHLEHEM — Today began with a visit to the one of the most revered mountaintops in the Holy Land and ended with dinner at a Palestinian home. It was a day of peace. A day of reflection. A day of possibility. Read more
TIBERIAS — Our third day traveling in Israel in search of religious diversity began and ended with the Druze. We went to the tomb of the Druze prophet Jethro early this morning, and the day ended with a magical Druze dinner at a mountain top in the north of Israel. Read more
TEL AVIV — It’s 8 in the morning, and we’re all on the bus outside our hotel in Tel Aviv. In an attempt to teach us some basic Hebrew and shock us from our morning dreariness, Professor Goldman teaches us a song in Hebrew about the morning. Read more
TEL AVIV — For most people, Israel is the story of Muslim and Jew, and — to a lesser extent — Christian, Baha’i and Druze. Our first stop upon our arrival in Israel today was to an unseen and largely unknown aspect of faith here: the religious lives of migrant workers.