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Terra Sancta Jericho, the school in an oasis

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In 1950, the Franciscans opened a “Terra Sancta School” in Jericho, which today is the only coed school in the city, and soon it will be the only school to enroll children from kindergarten to 12th grade. In the Palestinian spirit, the city is associated with rest and quiet. Besides, etymology reinforces this idea. In Canaanite, the word was “the ...

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