https://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/08/remembering-the-hostages/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0732.jpegIMG_0732Saying goodbye to Bili and Shugi, the dog she and Mats adopted from a soldier who was called up.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0737.jpegIMG_0737We met with Keith's brother Lee in Tel Aviv at the beginning of our trip. Keith's wife Avivah was released from Gaza and appeared on t.v. last night with other female hostages who had been released.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0736.jpegIMG_0736Amiram Cooper, poet and composerhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0735.jpegIMG_0735The posters of those still in captivity line the ramp down to the airport gates. There are big gaps in some places because of those who were released or are known to be dead.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0734.jpegIMG_0734Noa's parents appeared on American t.v. often in the early days after October 7https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0733.jpegIMG_0733I say Romi's picture yesterday at the Nova memorial. Last night her father was on Israeli t.v. talking about her and her bravery.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0738.jpegIMG_0738https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0739.jpegIMG_0739https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0740.jpegIMG_0740https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0741.jpegIMG_07412024-02-14T21:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/08/flowers-for-the-dead/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0337.jpegIMG_0337https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0322.jpegIMG_0322https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0330.jpegIMG_0330https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0224.jpegIMG_0224https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0223.jpegIMG_0223https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0221.jpegIMG_0221https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0220.jpegIMG_0220https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0226.jpegIMG_0226https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0285.jpegIMG_0285https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0286.jpegIMG_02862024-02-08T05:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/07/on-jerusalem-tel-aviv-and-teddy-bears/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/0f8ea9a6-5903-4bcc-b9ed-e9313a59cbcb.jpeg0f8ea9a6-5903-4bcc-b9ed-e9313a59cbcbwith Bili and Mats at dinner after the playhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/91e5133b-df49-4d92-ab31-740b372fa02c.jpeg91e5133b-df49-4d92-ab31-740b372fa02cwith Josh Shumanhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0696.jpegIMG_0696https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0698.jpegIMG_0698Just a small section of housewares at the Expo Center. Requests come in from displaced families, from the soldiers, and then boxes were put together of housewares or clothing, etc.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0697.jpegIMG_0697My job was to sort and clean plastic chairs--many different colors and styles.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0708.jpegIMG_0708One of the Brothers-in-Arms describing the operationhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0709.jpegIMG_0709this teddy bear has a sign with a picture of a hostage, now releasedhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0704.jpegIMG_0704me and Luisa2024-02-07T06:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/04/eshkoliot-grapefruit/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0678.jpegIMG_0678F. climbed a tree to get some grapefruit higher up.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0675.jpegIMG_0675Filling my bag (slung over my shoulder--VERY heavy)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0674.jpegIMG_0674https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0677.jpegIMG_0677We dumped our bags into these large crateshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0680.jpegIMG_0680This was an elongated grapefruit that I took a liking to.2024-02-06T01:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/03/adom-darom-red-south/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0665.jpegIMG_0665https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0666.jpegIMG_0666"Bring them from darkness and the valley of the shadow of death and return them quickly to the embrace of their families, and we say Amen."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0668.jpegIMG_0668https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0667.jpegIMG_0667https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0664.jpegIMG_0664Families of the hostages camp outside of the prime minister's residencehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0172.jpegIMG_0172Bili's birthday cake for me this yearhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0154-1.jpegIMG_0154Shabbat at Susan Silverman'shttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0158.jpegIMG_0158Rabbis Susan Silverman, Faith Joy Dantowitz, and moihttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0629.jpegIMG_0629Photographer David Ginton, 1974, "Burying One's Head in the Sand"https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0633.jpegIMG_0633Photographer Moti Mizrachi, "Sacrifice of Isaac"2024-02-06T06:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/02/01/on-the-frontlines/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0152.jpegIMG_0152With Bili, her brother Oded, and her mother Yaffa on Moshav Shoeva, my home-away-from-home for 40+ yearshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_3083.jpegIMG_3083From the Nahal Oz gate, you can see how close Gaza is. https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0123.jpegIMG_0123https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0124.jpegIMG_0124https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0119.jpegIMG_0119https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0120.jpegIMG_0120https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0121.jpegIMG_0121https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_0125.jpegIMG_0125https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_3093.jpegIMG_3093https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_3070.jpegIMG_3070Naomi sharing her story with us2024-02-02T19:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/01/30/a-shared-society-hope/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0579.jpegIMG_0579Beit HaGeffen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center. Note the symbols of the cross, the Jewish star, and the crescent.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0093.jpegIMG_0093https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0095.jpegIMG_0095https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0097.jpegIMG_0097Art installation called "Beiti" (My Home)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0105.jpegIMG_0105https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0580.jpegIMG_0580Some of the students at Leo Baeck school learning practical skillshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0585.jpegIMG_0585https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0589.jpegIMG_0589https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0590.jpegIMG_0590from left to right: me, Linda Thal, Tamar Messer, Lenny Thal2024-02-02T15:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/01/29/today-i-was-a-crybaby/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/9eca138e-b829-4324-b1cb-b2833badb2c1.jpeg9eca138e-b829-4324-b1cb-b2833badb2c1Evan, Faith Joy, Estelle and I visit with Joel and Lori who now live in Israel. (Their son and son-in-law are both doing their reserve duty in Gaza.)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2923.jpegIMG_2923the hyperbaric chamberhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0051.jpegIMG_0051one of a series of photographs with hourglasses, indicating that time is running outhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0074.jpegIMG_0074The tent says "Nova"-- the music festival--the woman lying there was clearly raped.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0065.jpegIMG_0065these blindfolded chess pieces are the captiveshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0036.jpegIMG_0036the opening to the tunnelhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0040.jpegIMG_0040The front end of the table, welcoming the freed hostages homehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0088.jpegIMG_0088Lee Siegel, brother of hostage Keith Siegelhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0042.jpegIMG_0042This part of the table represents those still in captivityhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0034.jpegIMG_0034This news ticker in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, keeps tabs on the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the hostages were taken into captivity2024-01-30T15:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/01/28/its-complicated/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0554.jpegIMG_0554with Levi and Paula Weiman-Kelmanhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0562.jpegIMG_0562https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0564.jpegIMG_0564Rabbis Felicia Sol and Roly Matalon from B'nai Jeshurun (in the middle) with Dr. Rani Jaeger to Felicia's right and Rabbi Chen benOr Tsfoni and Dr. Sarale to Roly's left https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ac80621d-36d1-4990-95c4-92c268c9c68f.jpegac80621d-36d1-4990-95c4-92c268c9c68fwith Bili and Matshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0566.jpegIMG_0566Lots of great and angry graffiti https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0567.jpegIMG_0567A makeshift commemoration for the hostages in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv. It runs all around this fountain--photos, teddy bears, yahrzeit candles.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0032.jpegIMG_0032I brought Sharon a picture of her father z"l that was made by artist Pattie Lipman2024-02-14T21:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/01/26/arrival-and-first-impressions/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0010.jpegIMG_0010https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0544-2.jpegIMG_0544 2I'm wearing this around my neck while I'm here, a loan from a friend in the U.S.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0539.jpegIMG_0539with Susan Silvermanhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0542.jpegIMG_0542A large poster of all the hostages on a random street.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0534.jpegIMG_0534Hersh Polin Goldberg, one of the hostageshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0019.jpegIMG_0019Don't forget the hostages!2024-01-26T01:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2024/01/24/leaving-on-a-jetplane-redux/2024-01-25T20:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2019/08/22/montgomery-al-day-3/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/c8e1a470-b9ca-47bd-99bb-9aaced3b8a0b.jpegC8E1A470-B9CA-47BD-99BB-9AACED3B8A0Bhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a43b6734-9d80-4d32-96c7-7211e4815267.jpegA43B6734-9D80-4D32-96C7-7211E4815267Dr. King’s barber in Montgomery, Nelson Malden.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3367573b-8eb2-452b-9cd7-6676bb34b7f0.jpeg3367573B-8EB2-452B-9CD7-6676BB34B7F0Listening to Dr. Shirley Cherry as we concluded our visit and program.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/f58bf334-527a-4cb3-9309-0e5aa82183a5.jpegF58BF334-527A-4CB3-9309-0E5AA82183A5Our concluding ceremony took place in this garden.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/19c7d491-ef8c-49fb-855a-103896abbdd2.jpeg19C7D491-EF8C-49FB-855A-103896ABBDD2https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ca3bdb44-a768-4e5d-b104-9110f9ad57fd.jpegCA3BDB44-A768-4E5D-B104-9110F9AD57FD309 S. Jackson St, Montgomery, the parsonage where the Dr. reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. lived with his family in the 1950’s. It was bombedhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6f460849-479b-43b3-ae12-865ef703dd2c.jpeg6F460849-479B-43B3-AE12-865EF703DD2CPaula in front of the Freedom Riders Museum, appropriately housed in the old Greyhound station. https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8254bab3-2eda-4ec9-85d9-00b20981a15d.jpeg8254BAB3-2EDA-4EC9-85D9-00B20981A15DThis plaque marks the corner where one (of several) slave markets in Montgomery was located.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/9446c3ec-2340-4b6e-88a8-1550c47a5a76.jpeg9446C3EC-2340-4B6E-88A8-1550C47A5A76This plaque marks the spot where Rosa Parks boarded that infamous bus. https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3fcb4cf8-41d4-489f-8781-aa8eb7fa69c1.jpeg3FCB4CF8-41D4-489F-8781-AA8EB7FA69C1I was thrilled to share this journey with three of my dearest friends (who were last all together at one place at my wedding in 2003!): Rabbis Peter Schaktman, Paula Marcus, and Zari Weiss (I am wearing my new “Just Mercy” t-shirt purchased at the Legacy Museum.2019-08-22T21:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2019/08/21/montgomery-and-selma-al-day-2/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/05a04d8c-b5e0-4150-b6f1-f28311481dec.jpeg05A04D8C-B5E0-4150-B6F1-F28311481DEChttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/9c03dca7-ea43-4674-a8c3-2827e2cab216.jpeg9C03DCA7-EA43-4674-A8C3-2827E2CAB216https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1ede64ae-bb1e-4182-abae-80c17d09d723.jpeg1EDE64AE-BB1E-4182-ABAE-80C17D09D723Approaching the bridge.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/eaa71a9b-77ef-499b-9b3c-ec0197e4376d.jpegEAA71A9B-77EF-499B-9B3C-EC0197E4376DThis stone commemorates the following martyrs: Jimmy Lee Jackson, Viola Liuzzo, Rev. James Reeb, Jonathan Daniels, Medgar Evers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Sammy Young, Jr.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8703aea9-86aa-4977-b149-f1992952f118.jpeg8703AEA9-86AA-4977-B149-F1992952F118https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/d9780f2f-bc96-4916-8da0-5dc207ecf30b.jpegD9780F2F-BC96-4916-8DA0-5DC207ECF30Bhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/c29842e8-95dc-403c-ba4b-c0202eb0b663.jpegC29842E8-95DC-403C-BA4B-C0202EB0B663https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1bd3b0d6-9cd4-4478-9b48-9ecb3530f009.jpeg1BD3B0D6-9CD4-4478-9B48-9ECB3530F009https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/e5c80932-b082-4eb1-92b5-cc6f75c9182c.jpegE5C80932-B082-4EB1-92B5-CC6F75C9182Chttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/d1a1323d-b9e4-40a9-8c0c-ab57132e6186.jpegD1A1323D-B9E4-40A9-8C0C-AB57132E6186Travis is former military who sees escorting women through the war zone of protestors to the clinic as his current service to the nation. He wears this t-shirt “Real Men Support Women’s Rights.”2019-08-21T18:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2019/08/20/montgomery-al/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ada3a217-6f91-411d-b723-975a0a33af62.jpegADA3A217-6F91-411D-B723-975A0A33AF62https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/7c2383da-e274-4684-983b-71ee833eb9d4.jpeg7C2383DA-E274-4684-983B-71EE833EB9D4https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/d7153aa7-c241-4d1f-a976-63ae08bc4669.jpegD7153AA7-C241-4D1F-A976-63AE08BC4669There are 3 known lynchings that took place in County in Kentucky. This is the pillar dedicated to their memory.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/f5fad9cb-ce53-4473-8145-47f513737413.jpegF5FAD9CB-CE53-4473-8145-47F513737413Each pillar has a doppelganger, in hopes that the named county will one day claim it, take it home for display, and in so doing, reckon with its history.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/63f37c4c-8384-4b5b-92cd-4b1e23c3b3c0.jpeg63F37C4C-8384-4B5B-92CD-4B1E23C3B3C0Each of these metal pillars is inscribed with the name of a county and state in which lynchings have occurred, and list the names of the victim(s) and dates of death.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/18550826-5d5c-4266-8152-ab5f1b9b935d.jpeg18550826-5D5C-4266-8152-AB5F1B9B935DWhen you begin walking through the memorial, the pillars are on the ground, but as you continue, they become suspended, as the bodies would have been. https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8df4cf34-4e45-4e6c-9911-c3b64d864851.jpeg8DF4CF34-4E45-4E6C-9911-C3B64D864851Slavery sculpturehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fa1a6cee-b9a3-4e51-ad61-37f02a527cd2.jpegFA1A6CEE-B9A3-4E51-AD61-37F02A527CD2The museum and the memorial both feature these jars of soil (what is called the Community Remembrance Project) from lynching sites around the country.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6e6965bf-b293-431b-b02c-3d3165711dc1.jpeg6E6965BF-B293-431B-B02C-3D3165711DC1“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” (Bryan Stevenson) In Legacy Museum Bookstore.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/96b6b20b-a983-405e-988b-5ba925cc0f09.jpeg96B6B20B-A983-405E-988B-5BA925CC0F09Wall of jars2019-08-20T16:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/07/15/the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death-a-memorial-art-project/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bad846df-0d24-46c2-a702-a6197ffc60e3.jpegBAD846DF-0D24-46C2-A702-A6197FFC60E3This is an earlier version of Keren’s piece. It may be relevant to know that her book is a rather mystical and shamanistic journey into her grief.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/24f08044-ee5e-49a2-8b2c-184b73d8b647.jpeg24F08044-EE5E-49A2-8B2C-184B73D8B647I decide to screw the box closed rather than have it displayed open. I re-write the two phrases that had been inside on the blue edges on the outside edges of the lid instead.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ad98cfdc-f5ed-4190-8bb8-c1fcbaafdbeb-e1531617081688.jpegAD98CFDC-F5ED-4190-8BB8-C1FCBAAFDBEBThe bottom the box has my signature in Hebrew and English, and is dedicated to my brother. I also glued 3 cherries as our grandfather referred to my sister, brother and I as his 3 perfect cherries.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/730bd9c1-eaef-4457-b6ad-8792c717a984.jpeg730BD9C1-EAEF-4457-B6AD-8792C717A984The bottom of the box gets glued into place, the plexiglass is placed in the slots, and the unstained lid (representing the plain pine box) with plexiglass is hinged to the box.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/d40c126c-4f81-48fa-86e9-851f9547d776.jpegD40C126C-4F81-48FA-86E9-851F9547D776The four sides of the box are screwed together and two other phrases from Psalm 23 are written on the blue edges: “Al mei menuchot y’nahaleini” (God leads me beside the still waters) and “V’shavti b’veit Adonai l’orekh yamim” (I shall dwell in the house of Adonai forever).https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/87f99a26-cf99-4849-a53a-2cc05341b262.jpeg87F99A26-CF99-4849-A53A-2CC05341B262https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7888440a-35d7-4f0a-9629-d70085360432.jpeg7888440A-35D7-4F0A-9629-D70085360432https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fc419836-a476-4f79-a098-54647d4c9b46.jpegFC419836-A476-4F79-A098-54647D4C9B46Then I stained the two other sides and wrote a different phrase from Psalm 23 on each. One says “b’gei tzalmavet” (in the valley of the shadow of death) and the other says “Ata imadi” (You are with me).2018-07-25T00:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/25/art-our-last-day-in-haifa/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7ac7507c-fcf1-470a-8037-1ccac915b1b0.jpeg7AC7507C-FCF1-470A-8037-1CCAC915B1B0Have a seat!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20c47527-5f8e-4d42-8e93-ef0a744a0bb1.jpeg20C47527-5F8E-4D42-8E93-EF0A744A0BB1Untitled painting by Ethiopian painter Nirit Takele depicting the beating of an Ethiopian Jewish man, most likely the 2015 event that led to a huge protest against racism and police brutality.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ad27ec80-0055-4621-a7a5-92c84e93390b.jpegAD27EC80-0055-4621-A7A5-92C84E93390BBenjamin Reich (originally from Bnei Brak!), “Tefillin shel Yad” https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/276d9290-b1d2-48ba-9672-e53da4c1734f.jpeg276D9290-B1D2-48BA-9672-E53DA4C1734FWomen from the Kuchinate Collective, Eritrean asylum seekers and rape survivors, who earn a living by making traditional crafts like these bean bags. They are pictured in the back with their corresponding creation.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f36d8f60-0c78-468d-8daa-84681dec79eb.jpegF36D8F60-0C78-468D-8DAA-84681DEC79EBThis is Tamar’s depiction of Akedat Yitzchak (the binding of Isaac), in which his body IS the wood.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ce442c33-3a7f-4041-8a98-5ce0eea5ca20.jpegCE442C33-3A7F-4041-8A98-5CE0EEA5CA20Tamar with Chaim in her galleryhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/6913e162-4ff9-443f-99d7-abe4a28d7681.jpeg6913E162-4FF9-443F-99D7-ABE4A28D7681Sample bar/bat mitzvah invitation representing Parashat Vayetze and Jacob’s dream.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/91405151-24b4-47a3-a3eb-681875ba0d5c.jpeg91405151-24B4-47A3-A3EB-681875BA0D5Chttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0bf9f7ae-bd3a-41ed-9379-30b8be5fcbfe.jpeg0BF9F7AE-BD3A-41ED-9379-30B8BE5FCBFEhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8c58041c-bac0-4e1c-b252-997df2d471cf.jpeg8C58041C-BAC0-4E1C-B252-997DF2D471CFThe piece in the back by Elodie Abergel cleverly titled “Eaux Man’s Land,” represents the ocean with a lot of boats (made from plaid plastic bags that Africans — and Israelis — use), and like Muniz’s work, represents the risks taken by refugees on the open sea. In front, from Bilha Aharoni’s installation “Tethys Sea.” Pieter Hugo’s photos from a series “1994” contain photos both from Rwanda (1994 was the year of the genocide) and photos from S. Africa (1994 was the last year of apartheid). The two boys pictured here are referred to as “children of bad memories,” as contrasted with the new generation in S. Africa, who were called “children of freedom.”2018-02-25T20:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/24/shuk-ha-pishpeshim-and-the-2-wadis/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3ae6d503-c3d9-4349-9a09-b04ccafd7289.jpeg3AE6D503-C3D9-4349-9A09-B04CCAFD7289Death notices posted in Wadi Nisnashttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e8a66747-921f-4a1b-a3af-cc523b8a3dd2.jpegE8A66747-921F-4A1B-A3AF-CC523B8A3DD2We were delighted to spot a “David Ben Haroush Street” named after this protest leader. The biography reads “A resident social activist who led the residents of Wadi Salibhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/95c3bc36-e065-401d-944f-cf11fa3afbe1.jpeg95C3BC36-E065-401D-944F-CF11FA3AFBE1https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c4e74b10-cdd5-47b5-b9df-a6fa35b860ed.jpegC4E74B10-CDD5-47B5-B9DF-A6FA35B860EDArt installation in Wadi Nisnashttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3bc4dfe4-cea3-4c20-b11e-29dfb17d7557.jpeg3BC4DFE4-CEA3-4C20-B11E-29DFB17D7557https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/79a2b926-2d66-4b19-a8e3-34cd52311a79.jpeg79A2B926-2D66-4B19-A8E3-34CD52311A79https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e86237fb-907d-4ee7-ba81-394a7e00603e.jpegE86237FB-907D-4EE7-BA81-394A7E00603Ehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/480993c9-5b8a-4dc6-892f-2e4672e917ba.jpeg480993C9-5B8A-4DC6-892F-2E4672E917BAA poster in a cafe window quotes from Deuteronomy 10:19, “You shall love the stranger for you were strangers” and then says “This business deportation of those seeking refuge.” As I’ve mentioned before, such signs in support of the African asylum seekers are everywhere, and a big demonstration will take place in Tel Aviv tonight. This is the Israeli version of Dreamer support.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/52b8541a-d62b-46a2-b947-2ccc6c622c36.jpeg52B8541A-D62B-46A2-B947-2CCC6C622C36At the front seat of every bus, Torah is also quoted: “Stand before the aged” (Leviticus 19:32)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7766b5dc-42e3-4b2c-905d-b702a8179ac1.jpeg7766B5DC-42E3-4B2C-905D-B702A8179AC1Will the real cartoon character please stand up?2018-02-25T03:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/23/eliyahu-hanavi/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/45b94002-f0f6-434a-bc36-57605772a611.jpeg45B94002-F0F6-434A-BC36-57605772A611Through forest https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/43b89a12-16a3-4633-8986-ced6d64e4488.jpeg43B89A12-16A3-4633-8986-CED6D64E4488The women’s side of the cave contained a large bookcase of prayerbooks, and the wall was hung with prayers of all kinds: for health, livelihood, a happy family, etc.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5668dd44-74fc-489b-94ef-3202ce374256.jpeg5668DD44-74FC-489B-94EF-3202CE374256Gorgeous, clean, warm water and beach.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5c7fb26a-1cc2-4e29-baed-eee1337fe0b2.jpeg5C7FB26A-1CC2-4E29-BAED-EEE1337FE0B2Lying on a stone lounge chair at the beautiful beach.qqhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cb7c4921-7cf7-4b03-81b0-ed38fd16e7b7.jpegCB7C4921-7CF7-4B03-81B0-ED38FD16E7B7Inside the cave. The women’s section is on the left, the men’s on the right. They were praying very devotedly. It was quite moving to witness.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d6ef9154-76b5-4086-a13a-8664a7e87155.jpegD6EF9154-76B5-4086-A13A-8664A7E87155Outside Elijah’s cave there are places to light candles in his memory.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a749dc1e-159c-4049-956c-0514f060996d.jpegA749DC1E-159C-4049-956C-0514F060996DOn the trailhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/287798bf-2927-4619-b8c5-2fda929c8ddd.jpeg287798BF-2927-4619-B8C5-2FDA929C8DDDLooking down from the top of the trail to our destination at the beach. You can see the cable cars for those who leave their cars at the top and need a return trip.2018-02-23T21:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/23/lhavdil-bnai-brak-and-tel-aviv/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8bd6844b-19f0-44b3-b6f5-778567d54c43.jpeg8BD6844B-19F0-44B3-B6F5-778567D54C43It’s been difficult to decide which photos to actually post in this blog. So many wonderful examples to choose from, but just know that I have chosen G-rated images only, though I could have added some X-rated possibilities.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/40112b27-4ed2-40f5-ab09-0869023ee0c5.jpeg40112B27-4ED2-40F5-AB09-0869023EE0C5“Without fearhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/869e2957-833b-4386-bcd6-86d7f303937c.jpeg869E2957-833B-4386-BCD6-86D7F303937CBack in Haifa, I saw this on the side of a garbage can. (I could do a post just on painted garbage cans!)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3e6a6691-c8a0-4736-8d64-6deb89c579a2.jpeg3E6A6691-C8A0-4736-8D64-6DEB89C579A2I was excited to see a street named for Rav Eliyahu Dessler, author of the Mussar text Michtav Eliyahu.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/11bfc65e-4817-451d-8fe6-452dc98c4acf.jpeg11BFC65E-4817-451D-8FE6-452DC98C4ACFhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/62c1d383-37ec-47e8-bdbe-3e9ebd4097b9.jpeg62C1D383-37EC-47E8-BDBE-3E9EBD4097B9Portrayal of Rabin’s assassination, based on a photograph. The middle arrow points at Rabin, and the one at the right to Igal Amir. The community fought against the removal of this piece of street art.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a2c16ca4-0a0a-466a-847c-bce963ec1dc4.jpegA2C16CA4-0A0A-466A-847C-BCE963EC1DC4https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f7ae6bdb-af0d-4f54-85bb-040f373395ef.jpegF7AE6BDB-AF0D-4F54-85BB-040F373395EFTheodor Herzl as hipster.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8bf6b444-528b-4b2b-beb9-7bd7c5260920.jpeg8BF6B444-528B-4B2B-BEB9-7BD7C5260920This is a neighborhood of small businesses and workshops. For all I knew this is on the wall of a plumbing business.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f24d15e5-804f-45d5-92ae-5dae162bd2a6.jpegF24D15E5-804F-45D5-92AE-5DAE162BD2A62018-02-23T12:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/21/my-chevruta-my-kibbutz-my-poem/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26cdb7e5-4b65-441c-97a2-4c87038de5a7.jpeg26CDB7E5-4B65-441C-97A2-4C87038DE5A7https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18184710-97d8-456e-a792-1385778c8321.jpeg18184710-97D8-456E-A792-1385778C8321With Keren on her penthouse balcony in Afula.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/6c46b477-6427-45ec-b299-6a016e84fa6d.jpeg6C46B477-6427-45EC-B299-6A016E84FA6DWhat a view this “Tomi” has for eternity.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f41d1558-72af-44fd-8772-02ad75b4b219.jpegF41D1558-72AF-44FD-8772-02AD75B4B219On Kibbutz Mishmar haEmekhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a4b3a36f-44a7-4bc1-8141-3c157dc214e1.jpegA4B3A36F-44A7-4BC1-8141-3C157DC214E1https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2a70ff55-e5f7-42d5-be1d-11254116c0f3.jpeg2A70FF55-E5F7-42D5-BE1D-11254116C0F3Keren posing with her just-published book “El haOlam Shelach/To Your World.” Three of her paintings are on the walls behind her.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3329f7fc-2d85-4d8d-81db-c261e270461b.jpeg3329F7FC-2D85-4D8D-81DB-C261E270461BI was truly overwhelmed with emotion to have this view again. So grateful for Keren for helping to make it happen.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cf259fd0-7e90-4a57-b9f0-16d58f680231.jpegCF259FD0-7E90-4A57-B9F0-16D58F680231Chaim and Keren reading the gravestones https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/53db5658-bbbe-49a8-86de-179b254bb43f.jpeg53DB5658-BBBE-49A8-86DE-179B254BB43FSculpture in the kibbutz cemeteryhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22234be8-c6b1-4d38-9d57-84854bfb0fdc.jpeg22234BE8-C6B1-4D38-9D57-84854BFB0FDC2018-02-21T23:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/20/ancient-sites-bet-shearim-and-tzippori/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/382146c7-f82d-49ff-977f-1c4d0600901b.jpeg382146C7-F82D-49FF-977F-1C4D0600901BThis photo captures only a part of this vast archeological site.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8ad9a0fd-2002-4355-9d8e-e917a8690ae9.jpeg8AD9A0FD-2002-4355-9D8E-E917A8690AE9Portion of the mosaic floor of the ancient synagogue in Tzipporihttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/08c9769e-6e40-4759-8828-d48d1d51fcec.jpeg08C9769E-6E40-4759-8828-D48D1D51FCEChttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d480a5cd-dc1f-4113-82d9-718217d2c1a1.jpegD480A5CD-DC1F-4113-82D9-718217D2C1A1https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3e28f514-4d2e-4ddb-ad04-7bc450cf671d.jpeg3E28F514-4D2E-4DDB-AD04-7BC450CF671Dhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25a67025-8ed8-4a4d-9943-22548b0b5b55.jpeg25A67025-8ED8-4A4D-9943-22548B0B5B55Zodiac on the floor of the ancient synagogue in Tzipporihttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/61f84879-85dc-4224-bf2f-f35abcfd953c.jpeg61F84879-85DC-4224-BF2F-F35ABCFD953Chttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ec24644f-fdca-4e1a-be14-91559983011f.jpegEC24644F-FDCA-4E1A-BE14-91559983011FCoincidentally wearing my Women’s March t-shirt and posing (my best Amazon imitation) with one of the two mosaics we saw depicting Amazon women.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/014d082b-0317-423d-af20-eb87374c3621.jpeg014D082B-0317-423D-AF20-EB87374C3621The Baha’i shrine is bottom far left, and the rotunda-topped building on the bottom right is the Baha’i archives (where over 100 different translations of the Bahai holy book are kept)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7c8066a0-1fc4-4cfd-bac9-cef43ba46f9b.jpeg7C8066A0-1FC4-4CFD-BAC9-CEF43BA46F9BOur day concluded with a drive to the top of Mount Carmel to try the touted hummus at Hummus Berdichev (worth it!) and to catch the nighttime view from on top.2018-02-21T13:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/20/100-000-cranes/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d25e760d-00d2-4aa4-9ed0-e88691bf7b29.jpegD25E760D-00D2-4AA4-9ED0-E88691BF7B29Beautiful viewshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bebec633-8a28-4962-ab6e-bdfc6371582f.jpegBEBEC633-8A28-4962-AB6E-BDFC6371582FWe stopped for a scenic view on the way home to Haifa.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/46b426ea-9134-436a-9efe-0e69e00c1ace.jpeg46B426EA-9134-436A-9EFE-0E69E00C1ACEBirds of a feather flock together.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/9e24ac69-5528-4cb8-b148-a75c1f67ddec.jpeg9E24AC69-5528-4CB8-B148-A75C1F67DDECChaim (his legs, in any case) and the “nutria.” This cutie-pie is a rodent!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d278b8d8-883f-4853-9357-c98fb0270579.jpegD278B8D8-883F-4853-9357-C98FB0270579https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4737d27c-30a6-4c60-b93a-a736f5a5b001.jpeg4737D27C-30A6-4C60-B93A-A736F5A5B001Posing in front of the “agamon”https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2f59ea5c-3630-4427-9ee3-8644d8a642aa.jpeg2F59EA5C-3630-4427-9EE3-8644D8A642AAWe could have travelled in one of these contraptions, but preferred walking.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ece67dda-0ae7-41ce-b3b5-ca93b5b2a5dc.jpegECE67DDA-0AE7-41CE-B3B5-CA93B5B2A5DCWalking the trailhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/78e0648d-0ed5-46cb-beca-9412f70dec2e.jpeg78E0648D-0ED5-46CB-BECA-9412F70DEC2Ehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1eac68d8-ffa9-408a-b43e-a6eef3bf913b.jpeg1EAC68D8-FFA9-408A-B43E-A6EEF3BF913BCranes on the ground, cranes in the air, cranes are everywhere! They were so big, that I thought they were flocks of lamb at first!2018-02-20T18:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/18/lets-go-tzfat-safed/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/af808b0a-2eeb-401b-895b-c35e10070710.jpegAF808B0A-2EEB-401B-895B-C35E10070710Painted ceiling in Abuhav Synagoguehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/46422857-854e-4ad9-8f33-6542df05f9ea.jpeg46422857-854E-4AD9-8F33-6542DF05F9EAAnother view of the ark in the Ari Synagoguehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/86de9b9b-0230-4230-8d4a-ff2083f94c8f.jpeg86DE9B9B-0230-4230-8D4A-FF2083F94C8FA view from Tzfat. The yellow flags hanging from the building on the left say “Mashiach” (Messiah)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/022ba3f1-4d9b-45bb-a077-f632afcd1152.jpeg022BA3F1-4D9B-45BB-A077-F632AFCD1152The synagogue of Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach of Avrush. In Europe he was a student of the Hasidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e83f17ae-3928-47d9-9569-e38c183dc638.jpegE83F17AE-3928-47D9-9569-E38C183DC638https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ff8e71fe-8346-45d9-9433-823bf7dd1a52.jpegFF8E71FE-8346-45D9-9433-823BF7DD1A52https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ae9a44da-fef0-486f-980d-c36ee0c2ef6d.jpegAE9A44DA-FEF0-486F-980D-C36EE0C2EF6DThe Ah Synagoguehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4b316104-af54-43f1-b666-f0e2cd0cb886.jpeg4B316104-AF54-43F1-B666-F0E2CD0CB886https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d948c3db-e38e-48a3-9488-64e76d707164.jpegD948C3DB-E38E-48A3-9488-64E76D707164David’s studio. I have a small version of his Tree of Life that appears both to the left of the door and in the foreground.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a26f51de-7f76-463c-bc8e-18288cf5cc89.jpegA26F51DE-7F76-463C-BC8E-18288CF5CC892018-02-20T18:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/15/a-church-a-mosque-2-synagogues-walked-into-acco/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/23245461-784c-42bd-885b-0eea461f6784.jpeg23245461-784C-42BD-885B-0EEA461F6784Depiction of one of the ingenious ways in which notes might be smuggled in or out of the prison.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c896095e-d94b-4973-ae5c-627cd8586c2e.jpegC896095E-D94B-4973-AE5C-627CD8586C2EDepiction of Acco and of Haifa side-by-sidehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/74c0b8c7-8096-4a8c-907d-4b8b0181bbc6.jpeg74C0B8C7-8096-4A8C-907D-4B8B0181BBC6https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bd9c5330-ba7a-4525-b604-13c440cbc97c.jpegBD9C5330-BA7A-4525-B604-13C440CBC97CPart of the art scene in Wadi Nisnas. There are surprises at every turn in this museum without walls.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1bfe7dbc-8c47-4c16-933e-3bc8c939e204.jpeg1BFE7DBC-8C47-4C16-933E-3BC8C939E204https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5e366468-b830-4c75-b605-9b5a6a527f00.jpeg5E366468-B830-4C75-B605-9B5A6A527F00https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aa1be67a-139e-44a1-abb4-9305498437ec.jpegAA1BE67A-139E-44A1-ABB4-9305498437ECCoffee in the Old City shuk (market)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/79ede112-2ed3-4296-97de-e7193238c657.jpeg79EDE112-2ED3-4296-97DE-E7193238C657Chaim is dress shopping in the Treasures in the Walls Ethnographic Museum. A myriad of collections were displayed including matchboxes, children’s games, scales, pottery, tools, and jewelry.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13662a37-f32d-47ec-ac29-29876314d1ff.jpeg13662A37-F32D-47EC-AC29-29876314D1FFView of the many arks and the skylight from the women’s balconyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/9ea0838a-f9ae-48cf-8030-cd5347b8a9e6.jpeg9EA0838A-F9AE-48CF-8030-CD5347B8A9E6Mosaics of women adorn the walls of the women’s balcony. Here are Rachel and Leah.2018-02-15T21:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/14/valentines-day-in-bahai-gardens/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/074fe433-51f4-4aa4-a9ae-eb234b0bd030.jpeg074FE433-51F4-4AA4-A9AE-EB234B0BD030Jewish artist Chaya Touma in Wadi Nisnas. She married an Arab in the 50’s. Together they started the Communist party in Israel.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f091b95f-3422-45b7-a43f-81eb002b5e89.jpegF091B95F-3422-45B7-A43F-81EB002B5E89Terraces being irrigatedhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/44d7bf2c-1434-40ae-9d44-c59cfec3a47a.jpeg44D7BF2C-1434-40AE-9D44-C59CFEC3A47AOne of many fountainshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1a00b23f-845e-4835-98b4-2b491e4e9a82.jpeg1A00B23F-845E-4835-98B4-2B491E4E9A82Cactus gardenhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d5b863b9-7999-40d1-85f2-c2362d8697c7.jpegD5B863B9-7999-40D1-85F2-C2362D8697C7The red terra cotta ground covering in the gardens upon which we walked matches the red terra cotta Templar roofs of the German Colony below.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f38d1895-6c42-461c-b7f5-5ec7aaba4876.jpegF38D1895-6C42-461C-B7F5-5EC7AABA4876Baklava heaven in Wadi Nisnas, a Christian Arab neighborhood of the city.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b6363661-31e9-4b33-9604-524baf5aab85.jpegB6363661-31E9-4B33-9604-524BAF5AAB85Street art in Wadi Nisnashttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/30f2e39e-f261-4afd-9a51-07705c0cf140.jpeg30F2E39E-F261-4AFD-9A51-07705C0CF140It is Valentine’s Day, so we heard about the fateful love affair between the already-married German Templar Alice Oliphant and the poor Jewish poet Naftali Herz Imber, author of the poem on which the Israeli national anthem “Ha-Tikvah” is based. We passed under this archway of two lovers.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0bdddb76-10f9-40f7-be72-1b7f9de2dc81.jpeg0BDDDB76-10F9-40F7-BE72-1B7F9DE2DC81Below the shrine looking back up from whence we came!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/55930538-7209-49fe-b694-5491e39661fa.jpeg55930538-7209-49FE-B694-5491E39661FA2018-02-15T04:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/13/shalom-jerusalem-shalom-haifa/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8d186f55-152f-4d22-ad0b-6516caf5dcaf.jpeg8D186F55-152F-4D22-AD0B-6516CAF5DCAFhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f5ca308d-b619-482f-8639-3c8b407a4146.jpegF5CA308D-B619-482F-8639-3C8B407A4146https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/67e13151-4742-47d0-ab00-cb4a11589d31.jpeg67E13151-4742-47D0-AB00-CB4A11589D31https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b47908a7-7e92-4c0b-ac0d-d7b70a3efd78.jpegB47908A7-7E92-4C0B-AC0D-D7B70A3EFD78Leaving Jerusalem and saying good-bye to my dear friend Billyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ffa59c9f-737b-4d0e-aaf7-e7474ff04792.jpegFFA59C9F-737B-4D0E-AAF7-E7474FF04792Chaim arrives, just off the planehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/def0af81-a73a-4acd-b6f9-486988aab3cf.jpegDEF0AF81-A73A-4ACD-B6F9-486988AAB3CFView of the Baha’i shrine at sunsethttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e495358b-1cd0-4e74-b94d-99f35e1bc0a2.jpegE495358B-1CD0-4E74-B94D-99F35E1BC0A2More street arthttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/04db5f6d-d2b0-405c-9c3d-8f6dbb49efe8.jpeg04DB5F6D-D2B0-405C-9C3D-8F6DBB49EFE8https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/9784ee4e-3d41-4a74-b7d8-8e6534fe8134.jpeg9784EE4E-3D41-4A74-B7D8-8E6534FE8134Street graffiti, Haifahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5b1db198-147e-42a4-bdf8-0017c68392c3.jpeg5B1DB198-147E-42A4-BDF8-0017C68392C32018-02-14T00:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/11/prayer-poetry-art-and-music/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/97a91f31-8154-4159-9007-6e17e0963d0f.jpeg97A91F31-8154-4159-9007-6E17E0963D0F“Passover in Bat Yam” by Zoya Cherkasskyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3c585b40-59e7-4bfb-bd93-8675f8305655.jpeg3C585B40-59E7-4BFB-BD93-8675F8305655https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dcdd154b-5e45-43f3-b4b2-12cc3e4f856d.jpegDCDD154B-5E45-43F3-B4B2-12CC3E4F856Dhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3ba5bcbf-62e3-4bf7-8851-302ddcfc598a.jpeg3BA5BCBF-62E3-4BF7-8851-302DDCFC598Ahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/6884fd86-33e2-4f9f-9f51-1474fae9eb90.jpeg6884FD86-33E2-4F9F-9F51-1474FAE9EB90The round wheel stone on the left would have been rolled in front of this crypt, believed to be that of King Herod’s familyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5d626e2f-4330-454a-9c4c-8d019dcaa520.jpeg5D626E2F-4330-454A-9C4C-8D019DCAA520Dancing to “Miriam’s Song” at Debbie Friedman Memorial Concert at Hebrew Union Collegehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cb184969-1aff-4628-ae1e-a825c68393f6.jpegCB184969-1AFF-4628-AE1E-A825C68393F6https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7415e1d7-141b-4ccc-b440-7b7acbe328e9.jpeg7415E1D7-141B-4CCC-B440-7B7ACBE328E9Yemin Moshe neighborhood with view towards Old City. Yemin Moshe was the first Jewish neighborhood outside the Old Cityhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/67681920-56e4-4fae-9393-54099b04b3e7.jpeg67681920-56E4-4FAE-9393-54099B04B3E7With David and his wife Yudita. David is a rabbinical student from the Czech Republic on his year in Israel from the Geiger Rabbinical School in Germany.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e74de714-4e98-4fec-8f67-c4c7095daaca.jpegE74DE714-4E98-4FEC-8F67-C4C7095DAACAView of the Old City by night2018-02-11T19:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/09/the-old-city-of-jerusalem/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5d20de57-c1be-4bf2-86f6-1a76e4cd9b79.jpeg5D20DE57-C1BE-4BF2-86F6-1A76E4CD9B79A view of the Mount of Olives from the Archeological Park https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c6ed5e91-6a58-4fcf-a6b5-6f5d0355be0f.jpegC6ED5E91-6A58-4FCF-A6B5-6F5D0355BE0FI played David while he played the harp.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a80940d8-2da5-48de-bdb6-bd31f9009303.jpegA80940D8-2DA5-48DE-BDB6-BD31F9009303They played a mean klezmer, Mamilla Mallhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/d9adb0f3-f1d5-4cfe-ab01-55ff7b0fd0d9.jpegD9ADB0F3-F1D5-4CFE-AB01-55FF7B0FD0D9A view of Al Aqua mosque and Jerusalem from the roof of the Austrian Hospice in the Christian Quarterhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f935cf7f-57ff-4c40-a2eb-9d0d0a9c43aa.jpegF935CF7F-57FF-4C40-A2EB-9D0D0A9C43AAhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/88a1453b-674f-4a8b-a84d-5dbb7a5ddcff.jpeg88A1453B-674F-4A8B-A84D-5DBB7A5DDCFFhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/555a0c75-680d-4674-aac0-d191c3089c27.jpeg555A0C75-680D-4674-AAC0-D191C3089C27A view of our group with Al Aqsa behind us, Austrian Hospicehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/54d7d55a-8e76-47a8-a069-0adc2ce94f55.jpeg54D7D55A-8E76-47A8-A069-0ADC2CE94F55https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7373dc90-20fd-407c-a6c6-8311938c02b1.jpeg7373DC90-20FD-407C-A6C6-8311938C02B1Incongruity: he was singing “Hotel California!” Mamilla Mallhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0b27c7ef-16a3-439e-90e9-058355ecf9a4.jpeg0B27C7EF-16A3-439E-90E9-058355ECF9A4Shmoozing and selling.2018-02-09T21:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/08/israels-political-geopolitical-maze-foodart/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f623688a-bf49-4383-aa74-21a25090cc08.jpegF623688A-BF49-4383-AA74-21A25090CC08Etrogs are not just for Sukkot anymore. Etrog Man to the rescue!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/35017296-647d-457c-84e1-eef6b753da1d.jpeg35017296-647D-457C-84E1-EEF6B753DA1DSolomon Sousa started making street art on the closed shutters of the market.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/78bbec9b-5d10-42a2-8fb5-a46fe27eabaf.jpeg78BBEC9B-5D10-42A2-8FB5-A46FE27EABAFBoutique beers from all over Israel at Beer Bazaar in Mahane Yehuda. They have over 100 beers, including 7 they make themselves.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2ad4d1f6-88f8-4c50-ba06-0a783f39c9d4.jpeg2AD4D1F6-88F8-4C50-BA06-0A783F39C9D4The other night I went to see an Israeli film called “The Baker from Berlin” and this was one of the specialities featured. Now I saw it at Marzipan bakery!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/05b42e8d-e60a-4695-966a-0661df8dddac.jpeg05B42E8D-E60A-4695-966A-0661DF8DDDAChttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7567d27d-37d5-46a3-bef1-5339d036fc9a.jpeg7567D27D-37D5-46A3-BEF1-5339D036FC9Ahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/135eaaa6-bfd1-4b1f-8b38-b2345ea77299.jpeg135EAAA6-BFD1-4B1F-8B38-B2345EA77299This wheel for making tahini was smuggled out of Syria, and is based in the Mahane Yehuda market at Tahina haMelech (Tahini the King)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/841a57d4-c239-4001-88c1-283ff1508852.jpeg841A57D4-C239-4001-88C1-283FF1508852Our lunch in Sederothttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/29cb791d-abb6-47d7-a1e9-b5bd1f4ae5fc.jpeg29CB791D-ABB6-47D7-A1E9-B5BD1F4AE5FCA small section of the breakfast buffet at the Orient Hotelhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/65dd3ed8-7de8-4f56-9ef5-73b1dca99b1f.jpeg65DD3ED8-7DE8-4F56-9EF5-73B1DCA99B1FSwimming at the brand-new YMCA in Jerusalem 2018-02-09T16:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/07/along-israels-borders/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/37db8120-96b7-449f-bd52-51655db0af14.jpeg37DB8120-96B7-449F-BD52-51655DB0AF14Clearing the cattle traffic jam so the jeeps could get throughhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22cf087d-31e8-45e4-b7dd-5ab613ca4753.jpeg22CF087D-31E8-45E4-B7DD-5AB613CA4753The not-so-distant mountains beyond the jeeps are Lebanonhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/06b84cc2-2673-4c2f-badd-bfc916e06eac.jpeg06B84CC2-2673-4C2F-BADD-BFC916E06EAChttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/804934da-6be9-4b41-8e05-f483fd0fb402.jpeg804934DA-6BE9-4B41-8E05-F483FD0FB402I can’t come to Israel and not have a photo with a camel, can I?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c62e512f-e2aa-49c3-89d1-1ddec3da4c91.jpegC62E512F-E2AA-49C3-89D1-1DDEC3DA4C91https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cfdbf612-bb50-4a6a-8ed8-850598d90e42.jpegCFDBF612-BB50-4A6A-8ED8-850598D90E42Conversing with tank gunner Emanuelhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e5ce38c0-12f6-45ef-9ff5-debf1f8431eb.jpegE5CE38C0-12F6-45EF-9FF5-DEBF1F8431EBWe stopped at an overlook at Mt. Scopus to recite the Shehechayanu as we watched night fall over the Old City.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8c59f94a-305c-4def-8bd5-26f8eaa775c1.jpeg8C59F94A-305C-4DEF-8BD5-26F8EAA775C1https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/59fa0245-600f-4298-9eed-b2c904892357.jpeg59FA0245-600F-4298-9EED-B2C904892357https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/8cf45cb0-e84a-497d-a464-e0e8b69d63f0.jpeg8CF45CB0-E84A-497D-A464-E0E8B69D63F02018-02-11T04:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/06/meeting-the-other/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5bb96d3f-e63c-482a-b10d-47ea17ddf8d7.jpeg5BB96D3F-E63C-482A-B10D-47EA17DDF8D7Stop 6, The Pastoral Hotel at Kibbutz Kfar Blum. If I told you that this is only part of the dessert offerings, you’ll realize how extensive the salad and main meal buffets were.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e7d38444-a84d-4a8c-bd7a-e9a031647687.jpegE7D38444-A84D-4A8C-BD7A-E9A031647687View from the roof of the Carmelite Monasteryhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22ae3160-f3a1-4638-a6f1-672983c9256e.jpeg22AE3160-F3A1-4638-A6F1-672983C9256EStop 5, At Tulip Wineryhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a2ac6c51-0478-43ac-9954-e2d3c2def26d.jpegA2AC6C51-0478-43AC-9954-E2D3C2DEF26DStop 3, Nura’s Kitchenhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2e56870d-22fe-4562-a9ff-53b1616bd2b2.jpeg2E56870D-22FE-4562-A9FF-53B1616BD2B2Stop 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roomhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/060b720d-2a80-499e-9ec2-4694772bde63.jpeg060B720D-2A80-499E-9EC2-4694772BDE63Jaffa porthttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/eeb04022-9d10-4d90-bb3b-4fd4a4f18190.jpegEEB04022-9D10-4D90-BB3B-4FD4A4F18190The Greek olive and salad barhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/52d2d8d7-a8fd-44fe-8595-dc2540c14347.jpeg52D2D8D7-A8FD-44FE-8595-DC2540C14347The Georgian spices2018-02-06T15:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2018/02/03/my-israeli-birthday-my-israeli-family/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/63102d59-5400-4484-b18d-7bd64c03e2ca.jpeg63102D59-5400-4484-B18D-7BD64C03E2CAhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/55b250f2-3c3f-4295-8ec9-192783db874a.jpeg55B250F2-3C3F-4295-8EC9-192783DB874Ahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0257aa2b-eda8-487c-a2f2-2545241df9a5.jpeg0257AA2B-EDA8-487C-A2F2-2545241DF9A5Me and my anemonehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/c17aa86d-5787-4832-a9e4-1d2fe5f3c8f5.jpegC17AA86D-5787-4832-A9E4-1D2FE5F3C8F5This is the cake Bili made me for my birthday 6 years agohttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b1b02c97-ca59-4cfb-8973-f5fe872e83bd.jpegB1B02C97-CA59-4CFB-8973-F5FE872E83BDhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3d034f1d-6293-4d81-ad36-9eb35ff930fe.jpeg3D034F1D-6293-4D81-AD36-9EB35FF930FEOur picnic lunchhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1e9385e4-6c69-449c-861a-e995bde6fd67.jpeg1E9385E4-6C69-449C-861A-E995BDE6FD67https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2c348b15-cbfb-4fad-9918-2db6d79d5b90.jpeg2C348B15-CBFB-4FAD-9918-2DB6D79D5B90A picnic lunchhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/00cc5a06-55f2-41b0-b74c-aeeb9d5073c5.jpeg00CC5A06-55F2-41B0-B74C-AEEB9D5073C5With BIli and her amazing strawberry 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Happy Birthday, Mats!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/e4cc4265-6aec-4e5a-a488-419dfe2a1e09.jpegE4CC4265-6AEC-4E5A-A488-419DFE2A1E09Part of the breathtaking architecture at Hebrew Union College campushttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cc37eaeb-ebdb-42ce-8ada-a615bd58f9b6.jpegCC37EAEB-EBDB-42CE-8ADA-A615BD58F9B6https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/918cff19-4d17-4877-a767-12965bafdd55.jpeg918CFF19-4D17-4877-A767-12965BAFDD55With Yosef Abramowitz in Baka before Shabbathttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0bc12e50-bd26-412d-92eb-bcd51fbd100a.jpeg0BC12E50-BD26-412D-92EB-BCD51FBD100Ahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2b25dc57-0245-47dd-92ab-568c78b8170c.jpeg2B25DC57-0245-47DD-92AB-568C78B8170CWith Yosef Abramowitz before Shabbat in Bakahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0f1875d0-07cc-4591-935b-ca45dff7c733.jpegWith Rich Kirschen at HUC in Jerusalem2018-02-04T14:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/11/17/montreal-leonard-cohen-and-anniversary-14/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9b417778-afc9-462e-8ca2-98658e73896e.jpeg9B417778-AFC9-462E-8CA2-98658E73896EHere I am with my zaftig friend on Sherbrooke.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/649da68e-7b18-46d2-a87e-bdde76567238.jpeg649DA68E-7B18-46D2-A87E-BDDE76567238The bagel maker at St. Viateur bagelry!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/a68e37e6-795a-413d-8af6-b1c575d8ebd0.jpegA68E37E6-795A-413D-8AF6-B1C575D8EBD0https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/a4a3e9fc-f997-4f9c-8173-37aea5dd1a3c.jpegA4A3E9FC-F997-4F9C-8173-37AEA5DD1A3CThe little one carrying a giant (on Rue Jeanne-Mance.)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/89fe3884-a555-48c7-998c-f6b2fb245b83.jpeg89FE3884-A555-48C7-998C-F6B2FB245B83https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/efb8d051-c6b9-442e-a363-0e490c4d1801.jpegEFB8D051-C6B9-442E-A363-0E490C4D1801https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/16130d8a-e44d-42db-9083-eb901652cf9c.jpeg16130D8A-E44D-42DB-9083-EB901652CF9Chttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dcb60e2c-bc74-4fb3-a9e0-ceb874082659.jpegDCB60E2C-BC74-4FB3-A9E0-CEB874082659https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ea7f4e75-6e8b-4dfb-9434-bd727443b7c0.jpegEA7F4E75-6E8B-4DFB-9434-BD727443B7C0https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/87dd0180-a81c-4725-b6eb-b474f41f535a.jpeg87DD0180-A81C-4725-B6EB-B474F41F535AOlympic Stadium from 1976 summer Olympics, later used for now-defunct baseball team.2017-11-18T00:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/08/13/inside-passages-alaska/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3998.jpgIMG_3998https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3952.jpgIMG_3952Bonaparte gulls fly very close to the water in late eveninghttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3899.jpgIMG_3899The full moon of Av (Tu B'Av) rising and reflectinghttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4052.jpgIMG_4052Me with Reyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3882.jpgIMG_3882On the waterhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3979.jpgIMG_3979Our glacier viewhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3874.jpgIMG_3874Eagle taking flight (we saw a lot of eagles)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3849.jpgIMG_3849Our 6:30 AM Qigung practicehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4005.jpgIMG_4005Our guides and teachers, Sheila, Rey, Kurt, Lenahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4003.jpgIMG_4003The group (minus me and Kurt)2017-08-21T12:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/06/18/pink-out-handmaids-my-senator-and-me/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3815.jpgIMG_3815Action outside the Senate chamberhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3810.jpgIMG_3810Action outside in 94 degree weather in Albanyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3807.jpgIMG_3807Dressed in hospital gownhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3803.jpgIMG_3803Abortion is healthcare--not a crime2017-06-19T06:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/05/03/the-urgency-of-now/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3716.jpgIMG_3716Chaim and Jeffersonhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3715.jpgIMG_3715Jefferson's gravestonehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3714.jpgIMG_3714Monticello: Check it against the picture on your nickel!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3712.jpgIMG_3712Reconstructed slave home at Monticello. The "slave tour" was a scathing indictment of Jefferson's many hypocrisies in his personal life and in his writings about "all men are created equal."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3725.jpgIMG_3725Panel (left to right) of Michael Waldman, Piper Kerman and Cornell Brooks being interviewed by Rabbi Sharon Mars from Columbus, OHhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3731.jpgIMG_3731Rep. Joe Kennedy III of MAhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3724.jpgIMG_3724Cornell Brooks2017-05-03T15:31:33+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/01/25/hatred-and-lies-and-scams-oh-my/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1670.jpgimg_1670Stop DeVos as Secretary of Educationhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1669.jpgimg_1669Hatred, Lies, and Scamshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1668.jpgimg_1668Hundreds rallied in the rain outside NYC offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrandhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1667.jpgimg_1667https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1665.jpgimg_1665No, No, No, No, No!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1664.jpgimg_1664Stop Trump's Swamp Cabinethttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1663.jpgimg_1663Lots of rain, but we stood out there regardlesshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1662.jpgimg_16622017-01-26T03:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/01/22/what-democracy-looks-like/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3499.jpgimg_3499https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3582.jpgimg_3582Speechless not voicelesshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3558.jpgimg_3558Don't make me use this.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3552.jpgimg_3552https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3547.jpgimg_3547Appalled at Rushmorehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3471.jpgimg_3471"Act justly, walk humbly" on my hat, and wearing my ACLU t-shirt, "Dissent is patriotic."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3585.jpgimg_3585Abandoned postershttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3548.jpgimg_3548I'm with her (version 1)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3542.jpgimg_3542Make America think again.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3541.jpgimg_3541Respect existence or expect resistance.2017-01-24T00:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2017/01/17/remembering-mlk-jr-and-his-optimism/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3469.jpgimg_34694Freedoms March https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3432.jpgimg_3432https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3428.jpgimg_3428The kitchen table conversationhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3423.jpgimg_3423https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_16271.jpgimg_1627FDR's grandson at 4 Freedoms rallyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3444.jpgimg_3444End-of-day rally in Albanyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3443.jpgimg_3443https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3442.jpgimg_3442https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3404.jpgimg_3404https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1654.jpgimg_1654Howard Dean speaking at Williams College2017-01-18T00:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/14/lamentation-for-america/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3300.jpgimg_3300Hannah's t-shirt2016-11-15T00:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/11/what-will-you-do-for-freedom-today/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20120416-american-decline-statue-of-liberty.jpg20120416-american-decline-statue-of-liberty2016-11-11T04:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/09/the-morning-after/2016-11-13T17:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/08/may-wisdom-prevail/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1520.jpgimg_1520https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1391.jpgimg_1391Me and Hillaryhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1393-2.jpgimg_1393-2I pulled down this sign from a street cornerhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1518.jpgimg_1518Putin for VP?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1519.jpgimg_1519Amen.2016-11-08T04:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/07/yesterdays-best-story-from-the-field/2016-11-09T17:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/11/06/pounding-the-pavement-for-democracy/2016-11-06T16:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/05/09/lhavdil-stone-mountain-and-the-u-of-georgia/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image26.jpegimageGraffiti on a wall in MLK's old neighborhood.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image25.jpegimageUniversity of Georgia didn't integrate until 1961!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image24.jpegimageJudi with her daughters Adina and Erin at the University of Georgia (her oldest daughter is in law school at Vanderbilt U)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image23.jpegimageStone Mountain close-uphttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image22.jpegimageStone Mountainhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image21.jpegimageA guard at the aquarium the other day read my shirt and said, "I have a dream." "yeah? What is it?" I asked. "To own my own business," he said. What is YOUR dream?2016-05-09T12:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/05/08/fish-and-human-rights/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image20.jpegimageChocolate production is not child's play, but child labor under sometimes toxic conditions (pesticide use) make ithttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image19.jpegimageI'm about to sit at the lunch counter, totally unprepared for what is to come.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image18.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image17.jpegimageThough I couldn't film during the actually dolphin show ( though I did get soaking wet sitting in the 4th row!), this guy did come up to kiss me https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image16.jpegimageAll felt so much better with the world when I entered the aquarium and encountered blue water (representing calm), and fish (representing freedom)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image15.jpegimageThis is a picture of 3 other people sitting at the "lunch counter" taking abusehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image14.jpegimageWall in Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights commemorating the Freedom Ridershttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image13.jpegimageThe most visceral experience of the museum was sitting at the "lunch counter," listening (through headphones) to people screaming obscenities at me. I was to remain there with my hands on the counter, responding to violence with non-violence. I cried and prayed for the entire 90 secondshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image12.jpegimageNorman Rockwell's iconic rendering 2016-05-08T06:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/05/06/mlks-atlanta-and-the-earth-goddess/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image11.jpegimageDale Chihuly glass amongst the plants.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image10.jpegimageDale Chihuly glass in the botanical gardens. Glorious.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image9.jpegimageAnother picture of the Earth Goddess, a living sculpture called mosaiculture. She is 20 feet tall, is replanted with different plants dependent on the season, and needs to be trimmed weekly.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image8.jpegimageFootsteps of Ambassador Andrew Younghttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image7.jpegimageMe and Judi with both Chihuly and the Earth Goddess in mosaiculturehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image6.jpegimageDale Chihuly glass flowers (yellow) behind orchidshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image5.jpegimageThe Earth Goddess. Note the water flowing from her handhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image4.jpegimageOne of my brasher the acquaintances -- Jerry, originally from the Bronx, who comforted me during one of my crying jagshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image3.jpegimageTombstones of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott Kinghttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image2.jpegimageIn front of MLK's childhood home with Doug, the guide2016-05-07T04:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/23/seville-and-passover/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image115.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image114.jpegimageSpanish Plazahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image113.jpegimageSpanish Plaza in Seville --One of my the provinces represented by a map on the ground and a tiled representation of its history.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image112.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image111.jpegimageSeder table - note the Mediterranean Sea just outside the window. I was glad to be in a boat and not crossing the Sea by foot, as the Israelites did!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image110.jpegimageI asked if she needed an officiant, but the bride assured me that the Captain was to perform the ceremony.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image109.jpegimageOur cabin steward, Joni, creates a different "towel" animal each night. After Seder, we came back and were surprised by the monkey hanging from our ceiling!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image108.jpegimageMe and Julie dressed up before Seder2016-04-23T23:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/21/gibraltar/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image101.jpegimageYyone of the 4 synagogues in Gibraltar (all Orthodox and in use). Lots of kosher markets, too. Who would've thunk?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image100.jpegimageThe Rif mountains of Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltarhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image99.jpegimageRock of Gibraltar https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image98.jpegimageMonkeys sold in the street2016-04-21T16:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/21/cartagena-and-cordoba/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image97.jpegimageThe Barbary ape and me in Gibraltarhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image96.jpegimageThe bridge walk in Córdoba between the town and the tower (view from tower)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image95.jpegimageDisplay on the Inquisition in the Sephardic museum, Cordoba. I wonder if the KKK fashioned their garb on this get-up.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image94.jpegimageMe and My friend Maimonides in Córdobahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image93.jpegimageOld synagogue, Cordobahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image92.jpegimageThe Mezquita, Cordoba. Amazing!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image91.jpegimageRoman theatre, Cartagenahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image90.jpegimageStreet performer (head inside red shirt), Cartagenahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image89.jpegimageShip view from castle, Cartagena. It's humongous!2016-04-22T16:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/19/jewish-barcelona-the-eurodam-and-valencia/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image88.jpegimageJulie and me in our gala garb for dinner, after which we danced and danced. I bought the dress for 6 euros (8 dollars)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image87.jpegimageCentral Market, Valenciahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image86.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image85.jpegimageMe and a door to the 15th C. Commerce and Trade bldg. Tho I see Jewish stars in the door, the Latin inscription in the building clearly speaks about the evils of usury. Julie and I knew exactly who that was meant to exclude!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image84.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image83.jpegimageBullet holes from the Spanish Civil Warhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image82.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image81.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image80.jpegimageHere is another sign in symbols. If I told you it was the Lawyers' Guild headquarters, do you know what the birds and the turtle represent?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image79.jpegimageInquisition Headquarters. For those who could t read, the symbols of torture depicted on the overhead plaque made it clear.2016-04-19T13:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/16/barcelona/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image67.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image66.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image65.jpegimageThe outside of Casa Batllo, another of Gaudi's fantastical structures.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image64.jpegimageMy new friends Yvette and David whom I met in the market. Ask, and I'll tell you a wonderful story about our meeting.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image63.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image61.jpegimageFruit in La Boqueria!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image60.jpegimageBasilica of Sagrada Familia from afar. Gaudi spent over 40 years on this project, still unfinished since his death in 1926.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image59.jpegimageHere I am beaming between two of my dearest friends, Julie and Laurahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image58.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image57.jpegimage2016-04-17T16:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/03/flying-over-kauai/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image48.jpegimageWe went to Princeville to see the sunset and to welcome in the new week. After dinner, Rob taught me (for the 3rd time) how to spot the winter triangle in the stars. If you don't know, I think I can show you!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image47.jpegimageThis afternoon we went snorkeling in the coral reefs at Tunnels Beach. I saw the most amazing fish. It was even more thrilling than the helicopter ride in some ways!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image46.jpegimageThis morning, Howard and I walked in the beautiful Limahuli Tropical Botanical Garden and Preserve which houses many nearly-distinct species of vegetation.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image45.jpegimageThis is Mt. Waialeale, the wettest spot on earth, getting 480 inches of rain a year, and home to unique species of vegetation and animal life.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image44.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image43.jpegimageWe saw lots of waterfalls!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image42.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image41.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image40.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image39.jpegimage2016-04-11T02:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/04/01/kauai/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image8.jpegimageBamboo foresthttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image7.jpegimageView of waterfall from afarhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image6.jpegimageHoward enjoying the fallshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image5.jpegimageCairn perfectly balancedhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image4.jpegimageCairns at the Hanakapai'ai Beachhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image3.jpegimageView of the wild Napali coast from the trailhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image2.jpegimageOn the trail with the brohttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image1.jpegimageHere I am marveling at the coast belowhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image.jpegimageTepee trees2016-04-05T03:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/03/30/aloha-mahalo-and-ohana/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image15.jpegimageThe memorial to the USS Arizona is built over the sunken ship. You can look down and see parts of it, including the oil that is still leaking from it all these years later.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image14.jpegimageThis is a photo of an urn of ashes being taken into the sunken USS Arizona for burial. Some of the survivors of that tragedy have asked to be buried with their military brothers after death. One of the dive team members said, "It is a large hole and we place the urn through and then you kind of feel it release... I tell the family, when I feel that pull, it's the ship accepting one of its own back."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image13.jpegimageThe view from Pali Lookout.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image12.jpegimageI cried a lot at the memorial today. It was holy ground, and I felt it's sanctity. I also viscerally felt the horror of war and remembered a wallhanging of my teenaged years: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image11.jpegimageMy brother-in-law Rob (back left), my brother Howard (back right), Marcus, me, and Sarah (front from left to right)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image10.jpegimageThis is the view from our rental home. It reminds me of Gilligan's Island.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image9.jpegimageMe and Peter2016-03-30T18:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2016/03/27/volcano-national-park-big-island-hawaii/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image8.jpegimageThurston Lava Tube - sometimes created after rivers of lava flow coolhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image7.jpegimageKilauea Iki, a hardened lava lake crater, which is one of the hikes I took through a rain forest, down into a seeming moonscapehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image6.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image5.jpegimagePu'u Loa Petroglyph -- the holes next to the impression were created to house the umbilical cords of newborns in order to tie them to their ancestral landshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image4.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image3.jpegimageunexpected sight in the middle of a vast lava plainhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2.jpegimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image1.jpegimageRainforest also exists in this incredible national parkhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image.jpegimageKilauea Caldera, an active shield volcano. Lava is at the bottom, hence the steam2016-03-29T01:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/12/17/nostra-aetate-50-years-later/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/holy-see-ticket.jpgHoly See ticketMy ticket for entrance to the UN event2015-12-18T17:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/24/justice-justice-a-p-s-to-guatemala-posts/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/talmud-page.jpgtalmud page2015-08-24T01:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/11/guatemala-day-9-and-home-again/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image46.jpgimageSaying good-bye to Rambo, our guide, and Gato, our driverhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image45.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image44.jpgimage2015-08-11T19:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/04/guatemala-day-2/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image7.jpgimageOur group with the women from La Enredadera de Mujereshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image6.jpgimageFrom a break-out session with 2 women from La Enredadera de Mujeres.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image5.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image4.jpgimageRabbi David Englander, Flore from Incide Joven, Rabbi Marla Feldman, and moi2015-08-11T05:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/10/guatemala-day-8-9/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image43.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image42.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image41.jpgimageClaudia of UDEFUEGA (Human Rights Defenders Protection Unit of Guatemala)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image40.jpgimageBeautiful wares were sold on the streets of Antiguahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image39.jpgimageCut fruit for sale on the street in Antiguahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image38.jpgimagePottery shards at the Mayan site are easily found, but you will get cursed if it leaves the land, so I took a photo insteadhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image37.jpgimageAt the Mayan ruins of Iximchehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image36.jpgimageGroup picture above Lake Atitlan, volcanoes in background2015-08-11T03:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/09/guatemala-days-6-7/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image35.jpgimageRuth crossing suspension bridgehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image34.jpgimageView of Lake Atilan with volcanoes in background. Both were cloud covered Shabbat morning and felt to us like Mt. Sinai!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image33.jpgimageThe gardens (and parrot) right outside my door at Hotel Atilan2015-08-09T20:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/07/guatemala-day-5/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image23.jpgimageActing out discrimination against indigenous womenhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image22.jpgimageMe and midwife Juana displaying some of her beauty supply products --I bought camomile shampoohttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image21.jpgimageDance performance by 4 of the Mayan midwiveshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image20.jpgimageOur entire group with CODECOThttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image19.jpgimagePervasive electioneering wherever you look https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image18.jpgimageMe with R Faith Joy Dantowitz and Rabbi Stacy Friedman, both my rabbinical school classmates, plus I was friends with Faith's sister growing up and my brother was friends with Faith2015-08-08T15:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/06/guatemala-day-4/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image17.jpgimageSome of the CODECOT midwiveshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image16.jpgimageOur small group: Rabbi David Englander, Delia, Ayida, R. Elliot Baskin, me, R. Marla Feldman, R. Jill Borodinhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image15.jpgimageThe welcoming ceremony consisted of lighting each of these candles. Red is for sun, heat, blood, energy of flowers. Black is for rest. Yellow is for the energy of water. White is for everything pure, transparency, air. Blue is for sky. Green is for mountains and trees.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image14.jpgimageBe happy: because injustices are paid for, love will come, truth exists, fear helps to strengthen you, your errors teach you, nothing is perfect2015-08-09T14:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/05/guatemala-day-3-2/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image13.jpgimageIn the marketplacehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image12.jpgimageMe and Margaret in our new Guatemalan "huipils"https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image11.jpgimageTo-scale topigraphical map of Guatemalahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image10.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image9.jpgimageOur small group: Paulina, R. Elliot Baskin, Elinda, Lilach Shafir (AJWS staff), Lucia, Rabbi Nancy Kasten, mehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image8.jpgimageSpider Web exercise with Nuevo Horizonte to represent the connections between us2015-08-05T06:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/08/03/arriving-in-guatemala/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image3.jpgimageZury is running. Really?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image2.jpgimage2 of my rabbinical school classmates, Faith Joy and Stacyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1.jpgimage3 Joys: Margaret Joy, Faith Joy, and Pamela Joy2015-08-03T21:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/22/the-week-of-malchut-sovereignty-and-nobility/2015-05-26T18:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/14/lobbying-on-capitol-hill/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image32.jpgimageCongressman Richard Hanna (R-NY)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image31.jpgimageThose of us who lobbied at Congressman Elliot Engel and Nita Lowey's officeshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image30.jpgimageYes, a salon in the Senate buildinghttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image29.jpgimageCongressman Elliot Engel's deskhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image28.jpgimageLobbying at Senators' Gillibrand and Schumer's officeshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image27.jpgimageCongresswoman Jan Schakowski of Illinoishttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image26.jpgimageHalf of the AJWS rabbinic cohort with whom I will be traveling to Guatemalahttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image25.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image24.jpgimageCongresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz2015-05-15T10:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/13/days-38-39-meeting-randy-barry-elliot-engel-and-mlk-anew/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image23.jpgimageFaith, me, and the Capitolhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image22.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image21.jpgimageMLK, Jr.https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image20.jpgimagePresenting Congressman Engel with a gifthttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image19.jpgimageHere I am introducing Elliot Engelhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image18.jpgimageOur Omer offeringshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image17.jpgimageSpecial LGBT envoy Randy Barry and Ruth Messingerhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image16.jpgimageSpecial Envoy Randy Barry and Ruth Messinger2015-05-14T14:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/12/the-week-of-bonding-yesod/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image15.jpgimageAn authentic counting of the Omer!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image14.jpgimageAt the AJWS Policy Summit, DC "We Believe: Women and girls deserve to live free of violence and fear."2015-05-12T16:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/07/lag-bomer-day-33-humility-in-humility/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image13.jpgimage2015-05-10T02:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/05/balance-in-humility-day-31/2015-05-06T14:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/05/03/humilityhod-week-5/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image2-e1430626120444.jpgimageToday is the 29th day of the Omer (text on bottom)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image1.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image-e1430625208553.jpgimageToday is the 29th day of the Omer2015-05-04T21:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/04/26/week-four-fortitude/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image1.jpgimageToday is 22 days, which is 3 weeks and 1 day of the Omer2015-04-26T22:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/04/19/heart-space-lovingkindness-in-compassion-day-15/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crocuses-2015b.jpgcrocuses 2015bFirst crocuses in my gardenhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crocuses-2015.jpgcrocuses 2015First crocuses in my gardenhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/heart-and-dog.jpgheart and dogA perfect heart rock2015-04-24T05:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/04/15/eternity-within-restraint-day-11/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image.jpgMy Omer Counter"Today is eleven days, which is one week and four days of the Omer" [Hebrew]2015-04-17T15:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/04/12/boundary-setting-a-spiritual-exercise/2015-04-14T11:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/01/06/just-a-few-more-photos-from-sydney/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image16.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image15.jpgimageHarbor view (Harbor Bridge in background)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image14.jpgimageHold onto hope, Help is always there. (Black Dog Institute)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image13.jpgimageDipping my feet at Camp Cove https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image12.jpgimageBondi Beachhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image11.jpgimageKangaroo?https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image10.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/camp-cove-sydney.jpgCamp Cove, Sydneyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bert-and-dinah-danon.jpgBert and Dinah and mehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sydney.jpgSydney2015-01-08T04:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2015/01/03/bye-bye-cruise-hello-sydney/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image9.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image8.jpgimageTowel creation by our cabin steward Anton (he made a different animal each day)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image7.jpgimageCentennial Park, Sydneyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image6.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image5.jpgimageAustralian magpiehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image4.jpgimageSydney lacehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image3.jpgimageContemporary Maori arthttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image2.jpgimageNew Year's Eve (anyone surprised that Chaim is suit-less?)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image1.jpgimageFilipino bamboo dancehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image.jpgimageThe captain and me2015-01-06T18:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2014/12/30/on-treaties-apologies-and-whale-riding/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image59.jpgimageFemale ancestorhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image58.jpgimageTraditional Maori storage househttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image57.jpgimageA tender boat transporting us to shorehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image56.jpgimagehttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image55.jpgimageIris? (My very favorite flower)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image54.jpgimageFlagpole on Treaty Groundshttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image53.jpgimageWaka is made from large K tree https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image52.jpgimageIris? (My very favorite flower)https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image51.jpgimage"You haven't been to Waitangi until the kirikiri (sands) have run through your fingers."https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image50.jpgimageWaka at Treaty Grounds2014-12-31T03:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2014/12/28/kiwi-kiwi-kiwi-geyser-youre-it/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image45.jpgimageArt installation, Aucklandhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image44.jpgimageSky Tower, Aucklandhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image43.jpgimageGeyserhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image42.jpgimageKiwi birdhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image41.jpgimageMaori fashionhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image40.jpgimageMaori fashionhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image39.jpgimageMy newest 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ushttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image4.jpgimageDusky Sound, Fjordland National Parkhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image3.jpgimageDusky Sound, Fjordland National Parkhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image2.jpgimageMilford Sound, Fjordland National Parkhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image1.jpgimageSydney Opera House and me!https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image.jpgimageFlowers at the Lindt Cafe2014-12-24T13:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://paminjerusalem.com/2014/12/05/i-cant-breathe-imo-eric-garner/https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tzedek-imo-eric-garner.jpgTzedek IMO Eric GarnerTzedek, tzedek tirdof (Justice, justice shall you pursue) - Deuteronomy 16:20https://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/police-van-imo-eric-garner.jpgPolice van IMO Eric Garnerhttps://paminjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/justice-imo-eric-garner.jpgJustice IMO Eric 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