Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Happy Shavuot today!  It's the Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai (and also the grain harvest).  ...

. From inside, looking out. From outside, looking in. Enough desert and Beer Sheva Brutalism; let's see some Italian Baroq...

. The big day is here! They are  attempting  to raise the capsized Costa Concordia today, now , and we can follow it LIVE at  http://ww...

. So far I have found no reflections in Meitar. So for today's Weekend Reflections let's go back to some images I secretly too...

. L is for let's get back to liking leavening! Passover week, lacking bread, cake, and anything that ever came near leavening, end...

. Today I went to Mishkenot Shaananim for the second day of a conference on " Italy in Israel : The contribution of Italian Jews to the...

. An estimated quarter of a million Israelis, Jerusalemites, Old City residents, and tourists flocked to the week-long Festival of Light, a...

. I've posted about Terra Sancta College before, but now I want to show its lovely front door for Monday Doorways (where meme host L...

. Antonio Barluzzi (1884-1960) was an Italian architect, a fervent Christian, and a tireless traveler. He certainly left his mark in the ...

. This week's Jerusalem International Book Fair had 100,000 books, with 30 countries exhibiting, and 100,000 visitors were expected du...

. So many of you liked the Gornensky Convent that I give you more today. Please see yesterday's comments for answers to questions raised...

. After a hot afternoon visit to Susita National Park we dig volunteers stopped our convoy of three vehicles at a famous ice cream place ...

. The "Jerusalem--The Built Heritage" sign says this corner building, completed in 1936, fuses neo-classicism with modernism an...

UPDATE : I watched all one and a half hours of the live broadcast of the visit and speeches and music. It was all very moving! You can re...

. This afternoon the clouds seemed to be pointing to the haloed Madonnina, the patron saint of Milan. By tradition, no building in Milan ...

. Summer in Jerusalem means lots of free culture, music, entertainment in the streets. Every August the Museum of Italian Jewish Art put...