The Levite and me At the entrance to Machon HaMikdash, the Temple Institute, stands a statue of a Levite dressed in his work clothes—a…
Seeing the Temple
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Shopping at the Shuk
The profusion of vegetables for sale at a Mahane Yehuda stand makes a colorful display The Mahane Yehuda market, the shuk, this week is…
The View from Ramat Rachel
Hypothetical Destruction, one of three sculptures at Ramat Rachel marking the corners of a building thought to have once stood there If geography and…
Israel Recycles
Streetside recycling containers for paper (right) and plastic bottles and bags, CDs, and batteries (left) During Chanukah we took the Bernstein granddaughters to the…
Living with Terror
Sign in downtown Jerusalem “And the main thing is not to be afraid at all” I was sitting near the back of the number…
A Third Intifada Starting?
Preventing terrorist attacks: Police at light rail station on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem Even before we made aliyah, I had adopted the Israeli habit…
Shmuel HaNavi, aka Nebi Samuil
The silhouette of Shmuel HaNavi at the top of the hill is recognizable from miles away Along route 436, near the northernmost point of Jerusalem,…
Sandstorm Blows In
The sandstorm obscures the view of the bright orange building cranes two blocks away I had spent Tuesday morning inside the apartment, and thus…
Ein Kerem’s Holy Hill
St. John of the Mountains Church, Ein Kerem photo: biblewalks.com When the second Temple stood in Jerusalem, Ein Kerem was part of the belt…
Behind the Kotel Plaza
Children play on Jerusalem’s Cardo. In background are original Roman/Byzantine wall and pavement. Photo: Yehudit Reishtein For years the back of the Kotel Plaza at…