Lens & Land: Dispatches from Israel

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Tzfat Tzunset: When The Heavens Open
A fiery Galilee sunset over Mount Meron signals the season’s first long-awaited rain, captured from Tzfat just moments before the storm broke.
Make Your Own Liquid Gold At Our Galilee Honey Infusion Workshop & Bee Safari - Video
Reach out and join one of our hands-on workshops. Infuse our artisanal honey with spices, herbs, and fragrant flavors — each custom blend capturing the…
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Dave Bender
'Chillin' and Killin' Me By Degrees' - Music
Digging through some old, raw recordings, I recently stumbled across a folk blues song I wrote and recorded when the pain of just getting through a day…
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Dave Bender
Training the Eye to See Beyond The Grime - Photography
The Tel Aviv light was harsh, the air dusty, the glass imperfect. Yet the scene holds: converging lines of track, freeway, orange strip lights against…
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Dave Bender
'War & Bees': ​Hezbollah Rears Up & IDF Strikes; Hamas' dastardly body 'Bait-and-Switch'
The war enters a complex new phase. We report on the heartbreaking discovery that returned bodies were not hostages, the IDF's forceful retaliation; and…
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Dave Bender
New Queens, New Beginnings: Beekeeping Days in the Galilee
Ever wondered how a hive makes a new queen? In this Neshikha field video, Miri and Dave head out to our two apiary sites near Tzfat to split strong…
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Dave Bender

October 2025

Veiled Focus: Tzfat Prayer - Photography
A reflection from the Galilee — where memory, family, and light converge.
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Dave Bender
October Echoes: Hamas’ Grim Return, Hezbollah’s Youth Army, and Rising Tensions - Video News Update
Join us for unfiltered reporting and eyewitness context from Israel’s northern and southern fronts.
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Dave Bender
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Life on the Border: The Delicate Sound of Hammers and Distant Artillery - ZoomCast
Even as new homes take shape near Gaza, another front ignites in the north - and every family feels the pull of both - and the weight of the search for…
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Dave Bender
The Month of Quiet: Light and Renewal Over the Galilee - Photography
On the eve of Heshvan, we met above the Kinneret — Miri, our children, our granddaughter — at an eatery that had endured falling rockets and rising…
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Dave Bender
Introducing “Lens & Land: Dispatches from Israel” on Spotify
Our new Spotify home, Lens & Land: Dispatches from Israel, is live. It brings together our series Life on the Border and more — stories from the…
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Dave Bender
Life on the Border: We Planned to Celebrate. Then the War Came Roaring Back - ZoomCast
We were ready to talk about renewal: 20 hostages freed; the first wedding at Kibbutz Nirim. By the time we went on air, that hope had vanished under…
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Dave Bender
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