There are so many opportunities to learn and study in Jerusalem that I am always overwhelmed by how many choices I have and I try to take advantage of as many as possible! One of these opportunities arose on Thursday. My flatmate was signed up to attend a tiyul with Matan, an Orthodox Women's Yeshiva. The trip was going to Tiberias, Tzippori and the Dona Gracia house/hotel in Tiberias. She had signed up before arriving and when I expressed interest she called to see if there was still room. There wasn't but they said I could come to the school and see if maybe someone would not show up. Since I was up I decided to walk over with Julie and see what happened, and I was lucky and one person did not show and I got to go on the trip!
I would call the trip a 'text tour' because we looked at source material about Tiberias and Zippori while touring the sites.
The Dona Gracia house was very interesting, it is a hotel that has interactive exhibits about her. The Amsalem family of Tiberias, a veteran family in Tiberias, decided to initiate and contribute to the establishment of this museum which will serve as "Casa Dona Gracia". This is a unique cultural institute which set its goal to emphasize the involvement and centrality of women in human history in general and that of the Jewish nation in particular, by glorifying the image and actions of the 16th century Jewish leader Dona Gracia, or in her Jewish name Hanna Nassi.This, in order to note her role in saving the Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal and dedication of her wealth and fabulous richness to the realization of her dream to build a safe refuge for her Jewish brethren in the holy city of Tiberias in the Land of Israel. We even got to dress up in period clothing! I believe there is a great children't book about her in the Mollie L. Berch library, check it out!
I would call the trip a 'text tour' because we looked at source material about Tiberias and Zippori while touring the sites.
The Dona Gracia house was very interesting, it is a hotel that has interactive exhibits about her. The Amsalem family of Tiberias, a veteran family in Tiberias, decided to initiate and contribute to the establishment of this museum which will serve as "Casa Dona Gracia". This is a unique cultural institute which set its goal to emphasize the involvement and centrality of women in human history in general and that of the Jewish nation in particular, by glorifying the image and actions of the 16th century Jewish leader Dona Gracia, or in her Jewish name Hanna Nassi.This, in order to note her role in saving the Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal and dedication of her wealth and fabulous richness to the realization of her dream to build a safe refuge for her Jewish brethren in the holy city of Tiberias in the Land of Israel. We even got to dress up in period clothing! I believe there is a great children't book about her in the Mollie L. Berch library, check it out!
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