Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. A good friend, who lucky for me does not have a blog, has kindly allowed me to show you her great photos of the foot washing ceremony. S...

. Today is the 7th day of Pesach, the day on which the sea parted and the Children of Israel crossed over from Egypt into the Sinai desert w...

. You know it is Passover week when you see haredi (ultra orthodox) men walking around (like these two in the Old City) in their finest clot...

. Coming out of the Holy Sepulchre this afternoon I was shocked to see this man out on a ledge. First I thought "Don't jump!...

. Walking through Hadassah hospital's lobby a few weeks ago, I was heartened to see so many young people registering to be potential bon...

. Happy Pesach to Jews! Happy Easter to Catholics and Protestants! Happy Palm Sunday to Orthodox, Armenian, Syrian, and Coptic Christians! L...

. The Easter Bunny (Swiss style) made an eastward detour and arrived in my remote little village in the Jerusalem Hills! Wishing all you C...

. A Chabadnik with his fringe flying, he was in such a hurry! We posted about the cleaning frenzy Israelis get into the week before Passove...

. Entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the first thing to greet you is a wide modern mosaic that shows the dreadful events of the fi...

. Enlarge the photo and see how many churches you can find. The Mount of Olives as seen from near St. Stephen's Gate into the Old City....

. Holy Week in the Holy City, at the Holy Sepulchre. Soon will come Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Great Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Mo...

. Lovely Libby in the Le Meridien Dead Sea lobby. While her mom/my daughter registered for the scientific conference at the hotel, little L...

. Over the years I've seen some strange things at the Jaffa Gate, but never anything as curious as this. On March 9 a motley group was s...

. Happy Palm Sunday to the Christians! I bring you some pictures from the procession in which nuns and monks, clergy and the faithful, Arab ...

. Cobblestones--today's City Daily Photo theme . I knew that I love the quaint roundish stones in old European lanes, but Theme Day mad...

. Every year at this time Israelis go into a cleaning frenzy. Pesach/Passover will start next Friday evening and everything must be perfectl...

. Continuing our visit to the Circassian village of Kfar Kama in the Galilee (starting with yesterday's post ) . . . Here is a moder...

. ABC Wednesday's K is for Kfar Kama , a village in the Lower Galilee. What makes it special is that Kfar Kama and Rechania are the ...

. The inspiration for illustrating Psalm 55 for our Sunday PsalmChallenge was just not coming last week. Then yesterday the right photo app...

. Look at the size of this chicken egg! (A normal L size egg is on its right.) I hard boiled it and what did I get? A pullet surprise! The ...