Lisa Alcalay Klug Mt. Nebo is a quiet, windswept lookout in the land the Bible called Moab.
Gusts whip through the clay-colored landscape as it bakes under the intense Middle Eastern sun.
The Jordan plain stretches westward. The Dead Sea seems just a stone s throw away. And on the clearest days, even Jerusalem's church spires are visible. As a memorial to the Biblical leader who is said to have admired this view, a monumental staff stretches toward the sky. Tradition dictates that from this very spot, Moses finally viewed the Promised Land after 40 years of wandering in the desert.