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X Marks the Arabs?
As I was thinking about the way Americans can misperceive danger elsewhere in the world compare to where they live, I was reminded of something amusing that happened the last time I was in Israel and...
View ArticleFlee With Me To Safety!
Having been blogging about safety and study abroad lately, I was interested to see a study by the Forum on Education Abroad which shows from insurance claim data that students are twice as likely to...
View ArticleIntroducing Adobe Spark Video
I think that the Adobe Spark Video app is going to be a perfect tool for students to use on my upcoming trip to Israel and the West Bank, to comment on photos as they go and essentially work on their...
View ArticleIslamophobin
This spoof product has its own commercial: I’m not sure that anyone who is going on the trip I’m leading to Israel and the West Bank starting on this coming Monday suffers from Islamophobia. But...
View ArticleOff to the Holy Land!
I am departing for a short-term study abroad experience in Israel and the West Bank that I am leading, for students at Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary. There are blog posts...
View ArticleGalilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods Volume 1
I am grateful to Fortress Press for sending me a gratis review copy of Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society, edited by David Fiensy and James...
View ArticleButler University Israel/Palestine Trip 2016 Video
My son made the above video presentation about the trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan this summer. I hope you enjoy it!
View ArticleAuthentic Power and Gentleness: A Meeting With Pēteris Vasks
A piece that I wrote for the Latvian national music organization back in 2004 vanished from the internet at some point. I recently discovered that I still had the text of the piece in an e-mail, and so...
View ArticleTransylvania as a Study Abroad Destination
Many of you know that I am planning on running a short-term study abroad trip next May to Transylvania (starting in Bucharest, ending in Budapest, and in between visiting Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara,...
View ArticleWhat Would Jesus See? (And Did Jesus Study Abroad?)
I have asked before whether Jesus had the kinds of cross-cultural experiences that typically enable people to see beyond the culture and values they were brought up in, becoming aware of what to others...
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