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, December 30, 2015

Yiddish wit and wisdom

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. Another old Yiddish proverb: Better a crooked foot than a crooked mind   Beser a krumer fus eyder a krumer kop .
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Can't make a streimel out of a pig's tail

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. Y is for Yiddish wit, for example: You can't make a shtreimel out of a pig's tail. Fun a khazer-shventsl ken men keyn ...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

Red and green, but not a poinsettia

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. I was out hiking the desert on December 25 when these red and green Christmas colors sparked my interest. A lone eucalyptus tree, in ...
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

A Viennese gingerbread house

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. More goodies from Vienna's Christkindl Christmas market -- a gingerbread house! And if that is not beautiful enough for you, lo...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

In a donkey in a niche in a cave

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. Today I hiked out to my secluded cave, which is 48 km/30 miles south of Bethlehem. In order to make this Christmas card for you. ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Rathausplatz Christkindl Christmas market

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. Frohe Weihnachten -- merry Christmas from Vienna's famous Christkindlmarkt ! The Christmas market in the park is so big ...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Every pork product imaginable

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. By the time I had seen my 4th or 5th Christmas market in Vienna, I started taking pictures of only the REALLY unusual (to me) things. ...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Like a fairyland . . .

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. Vienna's Christmas markets were fun because I got to see all the things you never see in Israel. Like gingerbread houses!  A...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Mistletoe, fresh off the tree

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. Since National Geographic published a nice article about mistletoe today on their News site, I figure it's time to blog about my ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cactus enjoys our cool winter

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. Crisp December skies, a little rain now and then, and the cactus hill in Meitar gets interesting! Blue skies for SkyWatch Fr...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Effluents, drinking "frohibited"

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. We have a double W word today for ABC Wednesday : wastewater ! Since the public gardens in the Negev town of Omer are irrigated with ...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

Warm candles on a freezing night

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. Wishing you all Sabbath peace (Shabbat shalom) and a happy 6th candle of Chanuka! .
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

So many saddles!

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. The guided tour of Vienna's Spanish Riding School takes you into the impressive tack room. Some 70 Lipizzaner horses live in ...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Classical horsemanship in Vienna as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity!

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. Ach, just a few weeks ago I was here in Vienna; how I miss that city! It was raining that Sunday when I first saw the Hofburg Palace....
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