Nachliel Selavan, Author at The Museum Guy

Parashat Lech-Lecha in Rhymes

Introducing the aliyot in a fun way. Sometimes this is the type of creativity I find myself involved in. Not my usual thing, but thought I’d share. First Aliya This

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Age of Empires Tanach Tour

On November 19, 2016 Magen David Yeshivah was the first school I have taught and guided in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Followed shortly by Tanach Study on December 4, 2016, these were my two

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Never Again?

You can take kid out of the Rova, but you can’t take the Rova out of the kid. Growing up in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter in the Old City (“Rova” –

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Superman and Tisha b’Av

It was last Shabbat in the Golan Heights when I had a profound and timely experience: Being in the land that was bequeathed to Reuven, Gad and Manasseh, while we read

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The Book That Turned My Career Around

I love Capoeira – a Brazilian Martial art that combines self-defense with music, acrobatics and dance. I started training in martial arts at 13, at age 17 I joined Capoeira,

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Gabi Sackett on the Tractor, building up Israel

Build Up Israel – Rebirth of Shomron (Part 4 of 4)

Gabi is an American-born resident of Leshem, in the Shomron. After working as head of security in Ben Gurion International Airport for eight years, Gabi decided to move into education (we both earned our B.Ed from Lifshitz Teachers College in Jerusalem). He is currently Program Director for Yeshiva University – his alma mater – in Israel.

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