I was very happy to find this article, I am studying in Jerusalem to receive my tour guide license. We visited Berl's grave and heard his story. There are some inconsistencies that don't seem to fit. In the third paragraph from the end, I didn't know that the rest home in Motsa Ilit was once called Arzo,(his cedar), Arz, (her cedar), is closed now, sitting empty, and slowly being vandalized. Herzl planted the Cypress in 1898 which died many years later, the tree was cut down and the stump is to this day protected by a glass and steel case, the tree was not uprooted. Next point, how could the Slutzkins set up a rest home after WWI if it was already there, or did Herzl just plant the tree on a hillside where there was no rest home? Thanks, David P.S. If I can help in some way please contact me.
I was very happy to find this article, I am studying in Jerusalem to receive my tour guide license. We visited Berl's grave and heard his story. There are some inconsistencies that don't seem to fit. In the third paragraph from the end, I didn't know that the rest home in Motsa Ilit was once called Arzo,(his cedar), Arz, (her cedar), is closed now, sitting empty, and slowly being vandalized. Herzl planted the Cypress in 1898 which died many years later, the tree was cut down and the stump is to this day protected by a glass and steel case, the tree was not uprooted. Next point, how could the Slutzkins set up a rest home after WWI if it was already there, or did Herzl just plant the tree on a hillside where there was no rest home? Thanks, David P.S. If I can help in some way please contact me.