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The first impression of the Old City can seem like wandering around an “authentic market”, with thousands upon thousands of scarves and cloths, jewelry, and sweets stands. But the more time I spend walking down the streets of the Christian and Muslim quarters, the more I have come to realize that what is being sold […]
#gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Sitting outside a cafe near the market this afternoon, Lily pointed out an orthodox man who was […] On Wednesday, I went downtown alone to the Armenian Quarter. After getting lost and visiting King David’s Tomb, I found my way back and met Batsheva and Marjorie for a visit to the Austrian Hospice rooftop. Yesterday, Mary Ann and I took an Arab bus to the Old City and met Lily. After walking around […] The fourth of July abroad always inspires more raw patriotism than when I’m in the US. Marjorie, Mary Ann and I went to Claire’s (the woman who gave us a tour of the Holy Sepulcher and a professor at Holy Land University) house for a dinner complete with cheeseburgers and pie – and the most […] Living in a city as interesting as Jerusalem for longer than the average tourist is intimidating. Up until a few days ago, I hadn’t felt the need to go and explore different sites and neighborhoods because my daily routine had set in, and at the end of the day I had little energy left. The […] When coming back from a weekend to Tel Aviv, I was walking away from the light show through the Muslim quarter of the Old City and stopped to talk to a shop owner. He asked the usual questions, and then we started talking about our families. He asked how many siblings I had, and I […] During our last day of the seminar, we visited the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem and met with the consulate general, among others. In this final evening discussion someone brought up the “luxury of detachment” regarding our reactions to the speakers and how they presented their jobs and opinions. Should we try to preserve this detachment, […] On May 26th we visited the Herzl Museum, named after Theodor Herzl. Its purpose was to tell the history of Zionism and its impacts on Israel. The fact that this museum had such a specific focus made persuasive tactics used by many people we had heard from more obvious. The most profound realization I had […] The Holocaust Museum was, of course, fraught with emotion, but not for the reasons genocide-related museums usually are. Justin had described the museum as giving the visitors the feeling of being in an historical event that they had no control over and couldn’t escape. The way it is designed, even if you don’t read the […] |