Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Welcome to our growing planned community in the northern Negev! When you turn off the highway into Meitar, this long street with palm...

. "Donkeys - Making happy people" On the side wall of a building on Beer Sheva's main street. Turns out that the pl...

. A lemon about to become zest. And just to twist the old saying a bit,  "If life gives you lemons, make zest." Many City ...

. Israel has long been a leader in agriculture, so I was quite shocked to see foreign fruit in the supermarket. Look at these stickers!...

. The incense was ready for today's Feast of the Ascension. These are my pictures from 2012  but it is the same ritual every ye...

. " I love Jerusalem " and " We love Jerusalem ." Happy Jerusalem Day ! Photos from the 2011 light show in ...

. Happy Jerusalem Day ! Here is the view from the roof of the Cenacle on Mt. Zion. This is the Upper Room where only yesterday Pope F...

. Eight o'clock in the morning. Pope Francis is already at the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount. The Mufti of Jerusalem is spe...

. The Pope is finally landing in Israel now! Watch live at http://www.haaretz.com/travel-in-israel/religion-relics/pope-holy-land-visit/1...

.   Pope Francis just landed in Bethlehem.  Later, at 4:20 Israel time, he will fly to Ben Gurion Airport to be welcomed in Israel. Tomor...

. The Vatican flag over Jerusalem  Papa Francesco will be landing in Amman in just a few minutes. You can follow his busy day, live,...

. So many learning opportunities now in Israel during the Annual Historic Site Preservation Week! You will be hearing in posts to come abo...

.   After our brisk hour's walk in the desert surrounding my town, the women's march for at-risk children ( see previous post ) ...

. Meitar hosted a women's march! Groups and individuals from as far away as Beer Sheva came to walk along a brand new section of our t...

.  S is for seashore. Sure, but in Beer Sheva, in the Negev desert?? Pretend you see blue sea and sky and sand. Imagine these ...

. One more for Monday Murals . Doesn't he look a bit like our blog-friend Rob who blogged Barcelona and now photographs Amsterdam...

. Bad blogger, that's what I am tonight. Forgive me, but I just can't get psyched to put on shoes and socks and venture out now...

. In olden days men really knew how to build a terrace wall, didn't they? This one in the hills west of Jerusalem was probably made...

. In the previous post we watched how the big moon set, with the rising sun following on its heels. As I stood outside the room where ...

. I went north for an overnight at friends' house in my former village. This morning at 5:27 the moon shining on  the olive leaves ...