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Jerusalem in June

June 24, 2014rjstreets

June in Jerusalem, Israel,

More than 20 International Mayors were just here,

and now the Jewish Agency Board of Governors are back.

The Jewish Media Summit 2014

opened Sunday night with both Israeli President Shimon Peres

and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in attendance.

The line to get past security moved slower than a snail.

But even without these exclusive events,

the school end-of-year extravaganzas, graduations and conferences galore

could triple book any Google calendar.

If you missed the Light Festival some of the best is here,

while the Israel Festival has too many programs to mention.

Shavuah HaSefer, the annual Hebrew Book Week

was back in its old location near the new First Station.

As every year, book lovers came out in droves every night from June 11 – 21

to browse and buy at bargain prices.

The Tower of David Museum has a new year-long exhibit.

Where else could you find

a fire-pan used by the Priests in the Second Jewish Temple,

an ad for “FIAT the car for Palestine,”

and this scene at sunset.

Over at the Israel Museum,

US twins Doug and Mike Starn and over two dozen mountain climbers

from the US and Israel crafted this big, really big Big Bambu.

Israel Museum visitors are going to love it this summer,

especially when it is free for children in August.

There is lots of sand this year at the Bloomfield Science Museum

and at the new “Jerusalem Beach” at First Station,

but that will be for another time.

This June,

“all are with the three terrorist kidnapped teens,

Nafatli, Gil-ad, and Eyal,”

“Shuvu Ahim, return our brothers”

is on our signs and on our minds.

Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Shalom

January 10, 2014rjstreets

This week’s theme was the

Changing Landscapes in Jerusalem, Israel.

After a fire in The Valley of the Cross in July

and a snow storm in December,

a very different landscape is now seen below

The Israel Museum.

Counting Chanukiot or Hanukkiot

December 12, 2012rjstreets

Yesterday, 834 people in a hangar in the Princeton, New Jersey airport

set the Guiness world record for the most Chanukiot lit at the same time.

I do not know if we could even get that many people

in Jerusalem, Israel, to agree on anything.

It is even hard to agree on the spelling in English.

Are they Chanukiot or Hannukiot?

This time of year in Jerusalem, Israel,

Hanukiot, special Hanukkah menorahs,

pop up on top of buildings,

and are displayed in windows

in all colors and types.

They are sold at many craft fairs before the holiday

and can be found on top of cars during Hanukkah.

We have done whole blogs on Just Chanukiot in the past

and Chanukkah lights.

So what is new and different this year?

I set out yesterday to check the Jerusalem streets,

but did not get very far before the rain started.

There are those who count every single millimeter of water,

yesterday it came down in buckets.

When it rains in Jerusalem, the sky gets grey and the people go inside.

At one popular destination is the Israel Museum, the garden was empty,

as people looked for shelter and families filled the children’s sections,

where Hanukiot were made of recycled materials.

But I wanted to find the special Hanukkah exhibit

on Hanukiot

from around the world:

simple ones from Yemen

as well as ornate ones from Europe.

Families looked at the various small Chanukiot

and admired the large ones,

while the weather outside also got plenty of attention.

I really wanted to go across the street to see the new

“Fire” exhibit at the Bloomfield Science Museum.

But I was still wet, so I went home to get some hot tea and dry clothes.

Today the sun is shining again, it is a much better day for photos.

Happy Hanukkah!