Jerusalem Hills daily photo

Pictures of life in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Hills. And since August 2013 also a look at the northern Negev, my new home.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Re-dedicating the 16th century Jaffa Gate

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. Lots of reporters and photographers were on the ground at noon today, just outside the Old City wall. For several months Jaffa Gate has ...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Naomi, nu? News?

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. "Nursing Corner" says the sign on this wooden booth at the Hebrew University. I guess some mothers appreciate a little privacy....
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Monday, April 19, 2010

The pyramids of the soul's eternal life

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. Did you know there are pyramids in Jerusalem?! In antiquity, pyramids were the symbol of the soul and eternal life. This sculpture by B...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

United in remembering

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With a one-minute siren at 8:00 pm, Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims began tonight. The first ceremony was ...
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A bridge to the Holyland

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. A bridge for Louis la Vache's new Sunday Bridge Series . In August (2008) the sun would rise over the bridge just after 6:30, as I g...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Mysterious stars in the reflection

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. Except for the mirror image writing and the little "stars," you would hardly guess that this is a reflection in a store window....
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Tender young things

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. Tender young things seen at the monastery. . For Camera-Critters Sunday . .
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Friday, April 16, 2010

First and only Palestinian beer

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. Shabbat shalom. I just came home from a great barbeque at a friend's garden. Must have been forty people there celebrating our mut...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Better for your health

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. "The smoking corner" ( pinat ha-ishun ) outside Hadassah hospital. . If you enlarge this photo, you can enjoy the fact that thi...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Our colorful market

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. The artist lady of Shuk Mahaneh Yehuda paints the market like it is--the fish monger, the legume seller, and even the clothing boutique. ...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Mounted police

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. During Passover vacation week I was happy to catch sight of two beautiful horses going down Agron, a busy street in Jerusalem. The trail...
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Across the valley

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. From sunset to sunset it has been a long and heavy day. The Holocaust memorial day always is. All these buildings spread out on Mt. Herz...
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O the Chimneys

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. The siren just now sounded for Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance Day. The shorter, blunter name we usually call this day is Yom H...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

High up bridges and low-down scandals

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. Today I'd like to join Louis la Vache's Sunday Bridge Series but also to combine it with a little rant. Sky bridges , also calle...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Sharing a bench

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. Face to face, two felines in Chile Square, Jerusalem. The lion is the symbol of Jerusalem, while the stray cat can be found everywhere in...
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For Poland

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. The White Eagle, the symbol of Poland, wears black today. There will be seven days of mourning. What a terrible tragedy. How can a countr...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

Yeshivot

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. All morning I was wandering around the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Givat Shaul Bet and Har Nof, seeing some things for the first time. Wh...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Clouds, hills, and art

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. Jerusalem's sky turned cloudy and moody today, in time for SkyWatch Friday . They say that Calder's "Homage to Jerusalem--S...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

An Italian lion in Zion

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