Jerusalem Hills daily photo

"Alte Sachen!"--the familiar recording was coming out of a loudspeaker. Old stuff, junk, furniture, appliances--anything you want...

Erev Shabbat dinner at the friends' house.   A perfectly normal-looking oval-shaped pomelo was sitting on a plate. Imagine our surprise...

Evening descends later now; last Friday Israel switched to Daylight Saving Time. Here the sun had just set behind the hills, across the va...

At the end of the highway, at the entrance to Jerusalem, this sign welcomes you. Bruchim ha-baim . Literally the Hebrew means "Blesse...

. A nun friend and I visited the Kotel this afternoon. In Hebrew, Kotel refers to the Western Wall (formerly called the Wailing Wall). ...

. In the Biblical book of Ezekiel (5:5) God says, "This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are...

From the window of the early bus out of my village I watched the sun rise. I even needed sunglasses for a while. But very soon the sky t...

. Please click to enlarge the photo I felt so fortunate to be able to see this van waiting at a red light in Jerusalem. And as luck would ha...

Shabbat shalom! I'm just back home after Kabbalat Shabbat, welcoming the Sabbath, at friends' house. The dark bread, olives, oli...

I take the bus in to Tel Aviv often these weeks while my little grandsons are visiting Israel. Dean and Eyal and I happened to walk into t...

Knee-deep . . . in wet concrete. The never-ending saga of building rails for the tram (light rail) which with any luck will someday star...

Jackal! I finally got a good shot of a jackal! Just in time for ABC Wednesday "J" day. I was walking silently on the path in...

. For full impact click on the photo and read the writing on the wall. It's a good thing that the inscription on this building is safel...

My grandsons just arrived from their new home-country, Australia, for a 5-week stay in Israel. This is thanks to the scholarships their pare...

World Water Day never seemed so important as this year. Israel, like so many countries, is facing a huge water shortage due to continuing d...

Happy Nowruz to bloggers Sara of Mashhad (Iran) Daily Photos and Meead of Portland (OR) Daily Photos and thanks to you for teaching us the...

Happy spring to everyone in the northern hemisphere. Right on cue, here in the hills around Jerusalem the sun is warmer today and the wildfl...

Happy weekly SkyWatch to you. Guess what! My dear little grandsons, my daughter and my son-in-law are in a jet right now, winging their ...

March 18 is always a beloved day for me. On that date in 1968 I first reached the shores of Israel, making aliyah. (More about why in my 40t...

I, I, what begins with I? That's our letter of the day at ABC Wednesday . If you thought I'd say Israel, incorrect. It's Iris...