It's interesting sitting in a synagogue here on s Saturday morning, which i used to do in america. The biggest thing that i felt actually wasn't in services o reading the bible. It's exploring different parts of the country i had ever been to before. Since 19 67, jews have been praying there for thousands of years. I'm about an 18 or 20 minute walk from there, and i've been there once. And you can walk a town called gamla. Gamla is a jewish town in roman times that the romans destroyed,. And they've uncovered the mosaic floor of a synagogue. There's some houses, the floors andn walls of partial houses are
In this special crossover special with EconTalk, Tyler interviews Russ Roberts about his new life in Israel as president of Shalem College. They discuss why there are so few new universities, managing teams in the face of linguistic and cultural barriers, how Israeli society could adapt to the loss of universal military service, why Israeli TV is so good, what American Jews don’t understand about life in Israel, what his next leadership challenge will be, and much more.
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