A week after arriving back in Israel my dad, who’s doing tour guiding as a hobby to selected groups of friends and family, took a group from his workplace to see a part of Jerusalem most locals, like myself, don’t really know about. Here’s the little I was able to find about it in English [...]
If you have seen this movie, go find it. I just accidentally bumped into Mad About English (我为英语狂) by Singaporean Lian Pek during late night on channel 8 and found it to be absolutely brilliant. See China and ways of learning English like you’ve never imagined before
Here’s the synopsis :
Since winning the [...]
The old city walls in Jerusalem are probably the best preserved Turkish style old city walls anywhere in the world. Sultan Süleyman or “Süleyman the magnificent” did an amazing job with the old city walls in Jerusalem back in the 16th century. On top of many other city walls built and destroyed before his [...]
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Latin: Sanctum Sepulchrum), also called the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. The site is venerated by most Christians as Golgotha, (the Hill of Calvary), where the New Testament says that Jesus was crucified, and is said [...]
Although I’ve lived in Jerusalem most of my life there’s still so much about this city that I know nothing about. Ever since I took first took interest in exploring Jerusalem a few years ago I keep discovering something new about Jerusalem almost weekly.
This Saturday it was the Rockefeller museum, north of the old city [...]
I love what they did with Mamila. Going from the center of town up to the Jaffa gate of the old city is now the renewed Mamila. A gorgeous preserved neighborhood turned a relaxing shopping district with a combination of the traditional Jerusalem stone architecture with modern coffee hangouts and expensive shops. In the evening [...]
Walking around my parents’ neighborhood, I come across endless ads for real-estate. I thought of sharing with you a few ads I saw the other day which represent what’s been happening in this neighborhood during the time I’ve been away :
It’s in Hebrew, so I’ll help you out. This neighborhood is hardly Beverly-Hills, but [...]
Jerusalem’s special. A person can spend a lifetime living here and still not grasp the depths of this city, the vast history, the diverse culture, the impossible politics, the spirit of what Jerusalem is.
This Saturday I joined the municipal tour through the old city of Jerusalem towards the Kidron stream valley in East Jerusalem [...]
