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Landscapes of Home: Visions of Sovev Kinneret

The Sovev Kinneret region in Israel is filled with natural beauty and cultural highlights. Through vibrant prints and captivating photographs, this exhibit brings to light the many dimensions of the diverse and beautiful landscapes of the region focusing on the architecture, scenery and everyday life.

The St. Paul Jewish Federation thanks our co-sponsors: The Jewish Agency for Israel, Sovev-Kinneret Partnership, and the St. Paul and Sabes JCCs.

Partnership2Gether (P2G)

P2G is a program of the St. Paul Jewish Federation that creates people-to-people connections between the St. Paul Jewish community and the people of Sovev Kinneret in Northeastern Israel.If you would like to get involved with P2G please contact Stacy Dockman, P2G coordinator, at 651-695-3182 or sdockman@stpaulfed.org or 651.695.3182. Learn more about P2G.

 

 

 

 

FEATURING WORKS
BY ISRAELI ARTISTS

Yuval Gasser

Amos Yaskil

Oshri Vizman

Chaim Moreno

and St. Paul artist, Linda Passon-McNally

Welcome to Landscapes of Home

By Jonathan Eisenthal, Chair, P2G Committee

 

Of all the unique landscapes of the Holy Land, one of the most magnetic is the land to be found

Jonathan Eisenthal

around the Kinneret or Sea of Galilee. Here we find the hills, the valleys and one of the

largest freshwater lakes in the Middle East, its lapping waters reflecting the magically changing skies over northern Israel. We can agree that ‘heavenly’ is a descriptor that’s not too far off the mark.

 

This is the landscape that drew the first of the Chalutzim, the pioneer Zionists who came at the dawn of the 20th Century and founded the first Kibbutz, Degania, which was followed by dozens of others that continue to thrive and grow as farms and communities, to this day.

Before that, this landscape drew the sages and mystics. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai of the Zohar, Judaism’s greatest philosopher Moses Maimonides, and the Masoretes who developed the first vocalized text of Jewish scriptures—all called this region home at some point in their lives.

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Yuval Gasser

  • Dead Sea's Island

  • Dead Sea's Island

  • A Look Towards Hula Valley

  • Eilat Hotels

  • Eilat Promenade

  • Nahariya Coastline

  • Tomb of Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon), Tiberias

  • The Dolphin Reef, Eilat

  • Nahariya Coastline

  • A lake in the desert, Tina Nature Park

  • Mount Berenice, A View to the Sea of Galilee

  • Eilat Hotels

  • Mitzpe Ramon, The Negev

  • The Greek Orthodox Church (The Leaning Tower) in Tiberias

  • Tomb of Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon), Tiberias

  • Mount Arbel (Har Arbel) in the Lower Galilee

  • The Way to Mount Tabor

  • A Look to the Jordan Valley

  • Church of the Transfiguration, Mount Tabor

  • Ma'ayan (Spring) Harod National Park

  • Giv'at Avni

  • Wheat Field Near Poriya

  • Wind Turbines in Sirin

  • A Look at Nahal (River) Amud

  • Timna Valley, Solomon's Pillars

  • A Look at Tiberias, Switzerland Forest, By the Sea of Galilee

  • The Greek Orthodox Church (The Leaning Tower) in Tiberias

  • Tiberias Promenade

  • Lower Tiberias

Amos Yaskil

Looking from the Heart of the Landscape

Oshri Vizman

The Water of the Kinneret is the Heart of the Landscape

  • When the Water Level is Low, Down by the Leaning Tower

  • Waves Coming Up and Flooding the Pedestrian Walkway in Tiberias

  • Seagulls and Tourists, an Integral Part of Tiberias/Sea of Galilee

  • A Rare Occurance Over the Sea of Galilee

  • Sipping Morning Coffee in Front of the World's Best View

  • Time for Mental Relaxation, the Fish Are an Added Bonus

  • Warming Up on the Promenade

Chaim Moreno

  • Tiberias, the Dream and the Dissolution

  • The Ancient Synagogue

  • Holtzman House

  • Hinting Domes

Linda Passon-McNally

Colors of the Galilee in November

  • Hwy. 90: Migrating Cranes, Hula Valley

  • Hwy. 767: Rows and Rows of Green

  • Hwy. 7599: No Descending into Smudged Area (Danger! Land Mines!)

  • Hwy. 98: Slicing the Land

  • Hwy. 98: The Blue Kinneret

  • Hwy. 98: Rift with Bridge

  • Hwy. 98: Hills Lost in Haze

  • Hwy. 98: Overlooking Galilee Patchwork

  • Hwy. 90: Perching on Memorial Tractor

  • Hwy. 98: Atmospheric Changes

 

About the Artists

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yuval Gasser

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Amos Yaskil: Looking from the Heart of the Landscape

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Linda Passon-McNally

Colors of the Galilee in November

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Chaim Moreno

"All my life I have loved to photograph, and to this day I shoot in all fields - events, landscapes and art. Hope you enjoy my pictures."

 

Chaim Moreno

Oshri Vizman

"Hello, this is Oshri Vizman from Tiberias. Enjoy our photos, the photos came from the heart. This is my hometown - Tiberias, the city of the Sea of Galilee. Take care of yourself and your health in this state. We will be in touch."

Oshri Vizman

Sovev Kinneret

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The Water of the Kinneret is the Heart of the Landscape

By Adam Waddell

 

The Sea of Galilee has many names. Its water has many sources. But in Israel there is only

one lake. We call it the Kinneret. It is the soul of the life source that is water. In the Middle East, such a precious commodity becomes blessed. This blessedness has spread through its followers, and its bathers, the prophets of old, to much of the world. Today the lake is sacred for other reasons. Today the waters bring harmony to a war-torn region and spread a message of peace. But alas, the lake does not fulfill its true potential. It is clogged. It is dammed. And so the lower Jordan River does not flow. But the spring rain brings life and blesses the level of the lake. Let the water flow.

 

Adam Waddell is an educator, activist and tour guide who lives in Kibbutz Bet Zera. He works as an educator for the Sea of Galilee Authority and previously for EcoPeace Middle East, a cross-border NGO bringing together Jordanians, Palestinians and Israelis. The Jordan Valley sets the backdrop for Adam’s journey in peace-building, sustainable living and fatherhood.