Shalom Plaza Hacienda Jerusalem

... political organization with which to drive further legislative action. I just think Sullivan and everyone else getting worked up about DADT but blithe about the potential corrosion of the Hippocratic oath is full of ****.<br><br>On a more lighthearted note, Sullivan occasionally links to some great clips:<br>for Fracophiles<br> a brilliant TV ad<br>for anyone who loves, hates, or works with ...

... easier. We edged our way to the steps leading down from the Muslim quarter to get some altitude and consequently get a better view. To their, credit the boys kept their complaints to a minimum, perhaps understanding on some level that this was a large and special event. <br><br>We arrived around the start of the Musaf service. By the time we were in position high up on the stairs the service was well into the repetition of the Amidah ...

... to go, he told us of a boat, that was actually a cruise going to Rhodes. We would have to buy the round trip but should be able to get off in Rhodes. <br>"Is it available?" (ah you see we had learnt from our first experience)<br>"I can't find out now it is to late, if you come back first thing tomorrow morning I will give them a call."<br><br>So first thing in the morning the three of ...

... On our way back Addison's eye caught a family of rock Hyrax (badger or coney) beneath a tree and as we exited the park, a heard of 7 ibexes made their way into the food court to eat dates which had fallen off the trees. We watched in amazement as one just ran up a hillside with an almost vertical incline. <br>We decided to go directly back to the Ein Gedi spa for our second opportunity to take a mud bath and ...

... 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 ...

... just know how to order, and go right on with it. Which is, in one of the worst metaphors ever used on this blog, what happens in places of worship. With the exception of Anglicans, who aren&#8217;t a real religion so much as a cake-and-sherry distribution service anyway, no one tells you what&#8217;s going to happen, They just worship, and assume that you know the rules. <br><br>After half an hour, curiosity overtook my nervousness. I went to the back of ...

... I felt this week. <br><br>For the actual presentation itself, we started with a 10-minute slideshow with pictures from the entire course. Throughout the two months, we were not allowed to take pictures of the commanders, so the highlight of this was the collection of photos that the second-in-command gave to us and allowed us to screen. People went wild. For most of the commanders, except for the ones less able to hold a straight face, it was the first time we had ever seen them smile ...

... of feet<br>inside of Palestinian territory, and surround both sides w/ a road that is under Israeli control. Right now the West Bank is about 22% of the original size of Palestine, and the wall has helped the Israelis take another 10% of the land ... leaving on 12% for the Palestinians!<br><br>This wall makes the Berlin wall look like a picket fence. It's about 25 feet tall and in the end will cover about 436 miles! It greatly restricts ...

... mount because it is to sacred and only until the Masia comes should any Jews go to it, this is from the Chief Rabbi's of Israel. I am not sure I totally agree with that so I will let you debate wither or not Jews should be allowed at the Temple Mount. Also the Temple mount is the 3rd Temple that had been erected there first there was the First Temple that was destroyed (I can't remember by who) than the Jews rebuilt the Second temple and that was destroyed by the ...

... other sites on our way back into the city.  We saw the Church of Dominus Flevit which had a service in progress that was being filmed.  We saw the onion bulbs of the Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene.  We went into the tomb of the Virgin Mary, which was really unassuming from the outside.  You walk down a huge flight of stairs into a very dark room hung with a zillion brass lamps and very heavy incense.  There was a ...