The City of David has just released a truly fantastic video on the building of the Temple in Jerusalem by King Herod. As a bonus, it features a number of the professors from my tour guide course. It goes through the history, design, construction and more. It is absolutely worth taking the time to learn more about what was the greatest temple complex in the Roman world, the holiest spot in the Jewish world where it is believed the world was created from, an architectural ode

For only the 4th time, a coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt in 132-135CE/AD which states "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" has been found in the Holy City itself. This is notable because the Bar Kochba revolt did not actually succeed in taking Jerusalem so the coin was minted elsewhere and brought in later. It was found in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park which spans the area of the Southern Wall and southern part of the Western Wall; it's a site in which as an Israel tour guide

So, we are all stuck at home. For me, it means I have only left my apartment 5 times in the last 2 months just to get some food. Tourism is shut down and all my bookings have been cancelled from March-June and after that it is anyone's guess. The plus side, besides losing 10 pounds due to not eating at hotel buffets and restaurants, is that I have had the chance to do many things for which I never seemed to have the time. A major one was creating this website (and by exte