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Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Tel Dan, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 19th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Tel Dan is an archaeological site in Israel in the upper Galilee next to the Golan Heights. The site is quite securely identified with the Biblical city of Dan, the northernmost city in the Kingdom of Israel. Tel Dan has had a long and often bitterly contested modern history, most recently during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Tel Hazor, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 19th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Tel Hazor is a tel above the site of ancient Hazor, whose archeological remains are the largest and richest known in modern Israel. Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high ground overlooking Lake Merom.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Safed, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 19th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Safed is not mentioned in the Bible. The Canaanite city of Zephath is located in southern, rather than northern, Israel. There is a legend that Safed was founded by a son of Noah after the great flood.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Acco, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 18th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos -

Acco is a city in Western Galilee of northern Israel, and is situated on at the northern part of Haifa Bay. From ancient times, Acco was regarded as the key to the Levant because of its strategic coastal location.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Golan, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 18th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Golan Heights is a strategic plateau and mountainous region at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. The geographic area lies within, or borders, the countries of Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. In contemporary usage, the “Golan Heights” refers to the territory captured by Israel from Syria.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Haifa, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 18th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Haifa is the largest city in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of about 266,300. The city is a seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63.7 square kilometers.

Jewish Roots Study Tour 2008: Dan River, Israel

Submitted by: LOMMI, May 18th, 2008 Topic: Community Videos - Of the three sources of the Jordan River, the Dan River is the largest and most important. It is fed by the snow and rain which fall on Mount Hermon, the tallest mountain in Israel. Together these form the largest karstic spring in the Middle East.