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Lag B'Omer in Hebron (Photo Essay)

by
Iyar 18, 5768, 5/23/2008



Outside Ma'arat HaMachpela - Preparing to light the fire 


Outside Ma'arat HaMachpela - Preparing to light the fire 
Some good old clarinet tunes for Lag b'Omer

Lighting the fire



Marching to the Ma'ara from Beit HaShalom


Marching up to Tel Rumeida

Getting ready

Guess who's holding the flags?


Rabbi Victor Atiya starts the bonfire

Chabad morning children's march in Hebron

Some friends of mine



The Wilder Way

by David Wilder
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David Wilder was born in New Jersey in the USA in 1954, and graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BA in History and teacher certification in 1976. He spent 1974-75 in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and returned to Israel upon graduation.

For over fifteen years David Wilder has worked with the Jewish Community of Hebron. He is the English spokesman for the community, granting newspaper, television and radio interviews internationally. He initiated the Hebron internet project, including email lists of over 15,000 subscribers who receive regular news and commentaries from Hebron in English and Hebrew. David is responsible and continues to update the Hebron web sites, portraying various facets of Hebron, utilizing text, audio, video and pictures. He conducts tours of Hebron's Jewish Community and occasionally travels abroad, speaking at Hebron functions.

David Wilder is married to Ora, a 'Sabra,' for 30 years. They lived in Kiryat Arba for 17 years and have resided at Beit Hadassah in Hebron for the past eleven years. They have seven children and many grandchildren.

Links to sites David recommends:
www.davidwilder.net
www.hebron.com (English)
www.hebron.org.il (Hebrew)
www.machpela.com
www.ohrshlomo.org (Hebrew)
www.ohrshalom.net (Hebrew)
www.womeningreen.org
www.zoa.org
(others to be added)