Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Simon Zeldin – Day 17 – Masada
Today we climbed Masada, Herod’s ancient fortress. I already had a personal connection to Masada, since I had climbed the mountain once before with my socialist Zionist youth movement, Hashomer Hatzair, where we were initiated into staff and, by extension, leaders of the movement. However, visiting Masada as a student of religion was quite... More