While it is hard to avoid the Flotilla and Dubai-related news headlines,
the real Jerusalem streets are hot and busy.
Across the city, proud families pack in hot,
crowded rooms to watch end-of-year school performances,
and graduations from all levels of education crowd the calendar.
School is out soon, and parents are busy organizing the children for summer activities.
Want to forget the heat at the beach?
A new beach opened
in Jerusalem in the Liberty Bell Park.
Beach is hof yam in Hebrew, this volleyball court may have sand,
but there is no water in sight. To get away from the heat,
these kids seem to have found a better solution.
The streets are filled with kids out of school
and tourists and visitors.
A regular scene at the Kotel, the Western Wall, but especially this season
is a bride and groom coming for photos
where total strangers normally join in the celebration.
Traditional Jewish weddings include the breaking of a glass
to remember Jerusalem.
Monday morning a police officer was killed by terrorists in an ambush
not far from Jerusalem. He was to be married in September.
Instead of wedding arrangements, the family had to arrange a funeral.
The international media may have been too busy to pay much attention,
but Shuki Sofer will be remembered,
in Jerusalem strangers come together in celebration and in mourning.
