Jerusalem Summer is Festival Time

Summer in Jerusalem, Israel, means it is festival time.

“Dream Herzl” is being held this week at the Har Herzl Museum on Har Herzl.

Har Herzl Museum with actor dressed as Herzl

Would or could have Herzl ever dreamed of any of these?

Entrance to Botanical Gardens for Playmobil Jerusalem Israel summer

PlayMobil Festival at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens is opening July 23.

New building at Botanical Gardens Jerusalem

The new center is getting closer to completion.

Jerusalem Israel Botanical Gardens wedding photos

Brides pose near the pond for wedding photos.

Summer 2018 pirate ship in Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

A PlayMobil pirate ship is ready for youngsters to climb.

Jerusalem Botanical Gardens sign for Playmobil summer event

The big sign is up, and grandmothers have arrived with young children, only to be told it is not open yet.

Children who live in Jerusalem from families with Yerushalayim discount cards can get in for free.

Will have to see if that is for the special summer festival also.

Jerusalem Theatre art display Ethiopian photos

Also free and open now are the galleries at the Jerusalem Theater. One foyer has black and white photos of Ethiopian Israelis.

Haredi art at Jerusalem Theater

Upstairs at the Henri Crown Auditorium is an exhibit called “Haready Made.”

Contemporary Jewish religious art of the Hamiklat, ArtShelter Gallery, is on display until July 7.

Outline Illustration and Word Festival in Jerusalem

The Outline Festival has 150 illustrators, animators, writers and poets, providing 15 exhibits in various locations.

Sign for Jerusalem Israel Iceland

Not free, but starting July 8, for the entire summer is IceLand.

Do you think Herzl would ever have imagined people would be ice skating in Jerusalem in August?

Performances and meetings in the park for children all summer in Jerusalem Israel

All summer, Jerusalem public parks will be hosting weekday events for children at 5:00 pm.

Rock, Paper and Scissors is a new exhibit opening at the at Tower of David Museum.

Haneviim Chazanut Festival in Jerusalem Israel

Three days of Chazanut, cantorial music, called HaNaviim, the Prophets, will be at Beit Avi Chai.

Then there is the Jerusalem Film Festival from July 26-August 5.

The annual Streetball Festival is the end of July.

Blood Moon over Jerusalem is on July 27 for Tu B’Av.

More than Herzl or the ancient prophets ever could have envisioned, is happening in Jerusalem.

However, today is July 4th.

Liberty Bell Park memorial for Yoni Netanyahu Jerusalem Israel

Entebbe and Yoni Netanyahu are remembered in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell Park.

I decided to end with the US anthem from a special program honoring First Responders at the King David Hotel.

The program honored Israeli and US security, police, fire and EMT, all working together to make the world safer.

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