Jerusalem Hills daily photo

The good thing about having our main streets torn up in preparing the rails for the tram is that I walk more (by foot is now faster than by...

My friend Lara, an outdoor, semi-independent cat who lives down in the woods. front back Only the back of her legs have black "stocki...

From the west side of our hill you can look down on this road. It winds through the Soreq Valley. On Friday afternoons and Saturday mornin...

Seen yesterday in the narrow lanes of an old Jerusalem neighborhood near the shuk. . Freshly laundered, just in time for Shabbat. Arba'...

The big celestial news was, of course, at the beginning of the week when the crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus got together. I posted on Mon...

One of the hardest things for the Peoplehood thing we all talked about yesterday is when young Jewish police-men and -women have to drag you...

What a week this was. Last Wednesday the terror began in Mumbai. Yesterday brought a bit of closure, as Israel buried the six Jews who wer...

Table to Table is a growing Israeli organization that rescues food and distributes it to the growing number of needy people in this country....

. Tonight that IS my world, the sky right above the horizon! I've been out watching for hours. My moshav/village nestles on top of ...

 . Two circles in the floor, from Crusader times, 12th century. One complete with an Advent wreath. One with marks from water-drawi...

. Today, the first of the four Sundays of Advent, the Western Church begins a new liturgical year. My friends went through our forest and i...

. Shabbat shalom, Sabbath peace to you. Jews are not allowed to mourn on Shabbat, the day when joy takes precedence. And Chabad Chassidim ar...

The sky over Jerusalem last week. Looking east from the Tower of David, we see the Old City with the tower of the (Lutheran) Church of the ...

A blessed Thanksgiving Day to all who celebrate it today. We don't have this holiday in Israel. I daresay most Israelis have never see...

Sometimes stuff saddens me. Today I searched for information from our region about International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Wom...

. Welcome to the Jaffa Gate , last rebuilt in 1537 by the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, during the Ottoman rule. Just inside ...

The vegetation is still brown and dry after the long hot dry summer. And still no rain in sight. But down in the woods the first little wi...

President John F. Kennedy was killed on this day, 45 years ago. Thanks to blogger Webradio in France for posting JFK's photo today and...

. A horse standing alone in a trailer next to the Citadel of Jerusalem?! Na . . . not a real live horse. But a bit of a mystery. I was with...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II bestowed honorary knighthood on our president yesterday, appointing him Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin...