Touring Ottoman era Israel from Rishon to Jaffa
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Anyone driving down the 431 towards Rishon LeTsiyon can’t miss the strange old buildings that loom over the highway near the exit to Be’er Yaakov. This […]
Tag Archives: Touring Israel
Psagot wines are rooted in Jewish history
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Yaakov Berg tells a story about the Baron Edmund de Rothschild. Rothschild invested massively in wine production in Europe and also in Ottoman Palestine in the […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 