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Masada's last stand
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Jerusalem Post
02-09-2001
Headline: Masada's last stand
Byline: Dan Williams
Edition; International
Section: Features
Page: 12
Friday, February 9, 2001 -- The teacher speaks of slaughter, and there is no noise on the Masada clifftop's stark plateau to distract from her mild voice. A dozen schoolchildren, their faces solemn under baseball caps and bandanas, watch as she points out the frescoed chambers of the Northern Palace, overlooking the Dead...
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