Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. In Jerusalem's Old City last week I peeked through the locked gate of the Mosque of Omar and was surprised to see this sign in the...

. A cool reflection of a single street light pole, but a sad story for my Beer Sheva to Meitar bus. About 10-15 minute...

. Yesterday I stood in this line outside the Be'er Sheva branch of Bituah Leumi, Israel's social security institute. It was lik...

. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure. Psalm 122 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, ...

. When our counteroffensive, Operation Protective Edge, began on July 8,  I remember the Home Front Command instructed people not to gat...

Sometimes you feel like the battering ram, and other times you just feel battered.  An air raid siren blared for the first time in my...

. The newer Metropoline buses I take from Meitar to Beer Sheva (about a 40 minute ride)  have all the comforts. Free WiFi, USB sockets,...

. This is the makeshift bomb shelter in the small Negev Zoo on the outskirts of Beer Sheva.  Painted in Hebrew is " merchav ...

. At times, when the pressure gets too great, stones meant for building and beauty break loose, fall into the wrong hands, and become proj...

. The separation fence -- like a scar across the landscape. Made necessary (many say) by the pre-wall all-too-easy access of suicide bomber...

. Yesterday Israel learned that wire fences are for the birds. . (Enlarge to see the sitting doves.) "For the birds" -- an Americ...

. Cumulous clouds for ABC Wednesday . There is a big heavy cloud over the Middle East. Here it has rained since Saturday; it is wet a...

. For SkyWatch Friday Some mornings our village on the hill wakes up to a cloud of fog sitting in the valley around us. . Last Monday nigh...

. Violence erupted yesterday on the eastern side of Jerusalem. Riots took place in the Palestinian village of Silwan and on and around the ...

. A brave bird for Camera-Critters Sunday . It has been a bad week in the Mediterranean. . A new song parody helps to understand; great sati...

. For ABC Wednesday --TIGHT TREES I admire these trees who grow and thrive and continue to exist despite being between a rock and a hard pl...

. The weekend newspapers on sale today outside a shop near Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda shuk. Hebrew, English, French, and one paper (I...

. This building is part of the Technology Park located in Jerusalem's Malcha neighborhood. A while back I went there to snoop around fo...