Nazareth is an ancient city, located in the lower part of the Galilee, nearby the Sea of Galilee. The city is also known as the “Arab capital of Israel”, being one of the largest Arab cities in the north of Israel. Nazareth dates back, archaeologically, to the era called “the…
Category: Northern Israel
Christianity
Caesarea- a Roman ancient town
Caesarea is located on Israel’s central Mediterranean coast and is the ancient Roman capital of the land of Israel. Caesarea’s story had begun in the third century BCE during the Hellenistic period, as a small Phoenician harbor-city called Straton’s Tower. The population of Straton’s Tower was mostly Jewish (as also found…
Judaism
Safed- a center of “Kabbalah”
The city is located at the altitude of 2,790 feet (850 meters) and is most probably Israel’s highest town as well as its coldest one. In Hebrew, the name is pronounced as “Zefat”. Safed is located at the northern part of the Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee. The…
Northern Israel
Rosh-Pinna, a Galilee Jem
Rosh Pinna is a small town, located on mount Knaa’n, in the northern part of Israel (the northern/upper Galilee), of some 2,600 inhabitants. The town is an ancient one, founded in 1882 by a small group of immigrant families from Romania, thus creating a settlement, in the lands of “nowhere”; turning…
Christianity
Haifa – the beautiful Harbor
Haifa is the biggest city in the north of Israel. It had been built on the slopes of mount Karmel. The entire vicinity includes nearly 600,000 residents. Haifa is a unique city; combining Jews, Arabs (mostly Christians) and Bahai (their center is a UN world heritage site) citizens. Haifa is known…