Barkai Studios Jerusalem

... religious post.

Not that I found Jerusalem dull when I went there last Tues (haven't had a steady internet connection for a week). But my feet were still recovering from the Capoeira blisters, and many sights close by early afternoon so I didn't get to see as much as I'd have liked. Fortunately the bus dropped me off at the Dung ...

... other for length and flamboyance. One shtraymel in the crowd, and a few black hats, but mostly knitted kippot and Na Nachman hats on the men, and a colorful array of kerchiefs on the women. No shaydels (wigs) on the women that I could see.

There were a number of bands playing over the course of the several hours we were there. Shlomo Katz and his crew were excellent, particularly his lead guitarist who looked like a cross ...

... br>She's also with a good friend of hers who I know from my last trip to Thailand last year.
There's a night market/festival thing that goes on around here (the Pishpishim market that is......pishpishim, pishpishim) every Thursday night in the summer. It was a really cool area, I haven't seen this side of Yaffo before, not at night, not with pubs and stuff. Heaps of people around, buskers, a wannabe bellydancer who I think may have been a man....anyway it was cool. My cousin is sweet ...

... including that we could pay our fare with a credit card! ($11 per person for the day and unlimited stops). We would be able to catch the bus at 10am at the bus stop just down the hill from Aroma's in Mamillia (the jaffa gate stop). We were there at 10 and so was the South African man and his entourage. He was with a Luthern church and brought groups every couple of years. Their trip was over and he had a small group who had ...

... matter how little you believe, it is hard to see a group of fifty Spaniards sing silent night in the chapel of the manger, kissing the spot where Christ was born, or watch an Armenian nun dissolve into tears while kissing Christ’s tomb, and not feel there must be something to it. There is a famous syndrome, cited a lot around here, called Jerusalem Syndrome. Those who are afflicted are so overcome with the power of their surroundings that they ...

... before, we had never seen some of them smile over two months. After briefly introducing themselves, we had to go to bed right then, but the next day was devoted to allowing each tzevet of 11 soldiers to get to know their commanders. They were like us now, and they loved it as much as we did. We had so many questions for them such as when did they almost burst out laughing, what did they think when he did so-and-so, what was the most ridiculous punishment they had given out, and ...

... percent of the settlement land in the West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians.

Jewish Israelis have built up their community directly adjacent to Arab neighborhoods, and
their homes are built taller than the Arab's, giving them a strategic position of power. Many of the homes overlook the market place, which today, is almost entirely shut down.










The settlers teach their children (b/c ...

Jerusalem Day 6. Today we go to the Temple mount...... soon to come Day 25 Jerusalem, Israel 4/27/09 Today is Memorial Day for Israel. We are going to the Temple mount. The Temple mount is an Islamic Mosque that houses the most sacred thing in Judaism the rock where Isaac was going to be sacrificed by Abraham but an angel came down and told him it was just a test of his loyalty and he did not have to. As we are entering we a sign said that Jews should not go the ...

... through the gate and in the small alley walkways. It is so old and so unlike anything we have seen so far. We stop to ask the way to the Lutheran Hospice and are told where another hotel is. We continue up the walkway and to the right as it does divide up the way. The man who told us comes and shows us where to go. The price is quite above what we are used to $55. It is clean, has a TV, heat, hot water, breakfast and free wi-fi. We ...