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Interview by Yoram Getzler with Tour guide Shmuel Browns. Herodium is the name of King Herod’s palace/fortress just 12 km. south of Jerusalem. We know about Herodium from the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus who tells us that Herod was buried there. It took archaeologist Ehud Netzer 35 years to find Herod’s tomb.

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Dr. Zohar Raviv. The making of the Prophetic experience in the Jewish foundational writings. We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part III. We discuss Ezekiel,Hosea. Amos and Isaiah.

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We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part II. Finger on a Nation’s Moral Pulse. Biblical ‘Face to Face’ Encounters. Face to Face: Blurring the Cognitive Barriers. On Seeing the VOICE. Seek My Face: Seeing is to Be Seen. Do not Turn Your Face from Me..Man Turns Away from God. Divine Retribution. Setting God’s Face: Commencement of Judgement.

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We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel. This first session will examine prophets within the conceptual context of theology – what is their role in the ongoing negotiation between man and God. Some questions examined in this session. What is God? Why did God create the world and for what purpose? How are we to respond to the theological charge? How do humans – both as individuals and as members of a community – to shape every aspect of their lives and align themselves with God’s plan space, time, clothing, speech, ritual, liturgy, diet government, economics, art…every aspect of human life is subject to theological scrutiny and therefore calls for articulation in the religious realm. Fascinating and totally compelling.

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The Jews have been living in Persia from when it was called Babylon (500 BCE). In modern times it is known as Iran, a modern Islamic State. Since 1948 with the founding of the State of Israel many Jews living in Iran felt their lives under threat and left their beloved homeland. One of them was the singer Janet YeHudayan who continues to sing and preserve the authentic musical expression of the Jews of Iran.

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This is a five part series in English presented by Alma College in Tel Aviv. Part four Yair discusses the Sexuality and Mysticism in Song of Songs. Yair Lipshitz has completed his PHD at the department for Theater Arts in Tel aviv University, writing on the body as a hermeneutical site for Jewish textual culture in theater and drama. He lectures at the Department for theater Arts in Tel Aviv University and at Alma.

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