April 2012 – Page 3 – The Real Jerusalem Streets

Passover time in Jerusalem:

the purple flowers against the blue sky make a beautiful picture

and the aloe flowers are in full bloom.

The office supply store did not have the notebook I needed,

but had plenty of Passover food gift baskets.

The sushi store was closed for day to get ready to serve food on Passover.

Massive pots of boiling water

and blow torches to get rid of that last bit of bread or chametz

can be found on many streets.

Flowers for holiday table centerpieces are abundant,

as is matzah and more matzah.

Finally, to the many people

travelling for the holiday, welcome to Jerusalem

and where ever you are we hope it is a healthy and safe

Chag Kasher v’sameach!

Happy Passover!

Happy Easter to all our many Christian friends!

The week before Passover is a time of clean up, everything from Twitter

to cars need to be cleaned.

Until a couple of years ago one of the most neglected eyesores in

Jerusalem was the Mamilla Cemetery, it resembled a garbage dump.

In June 2010 the cemetery got a make-over,

fresh cement was brought in

and mixed for new grave stones

and hundreds of new tombs, which were soon proven to be fake.

One might ask why am I taking time away from Passover preparations,

Two years ago the Center for Constitutional Right – CCR- initiated the

to stop the building of the Museum of Tolerance.

This past week from New York

the CCR has initiated a new campaign with a new video.

It’s not quality photography, but it is enough to be upsetting.

The picture I had seen on a Tweet was taken from this video

and is spreading in the Arab media world.

It was a warm, sunny spring day in Jerusalem,

so I went to see the new desecration for myself.

The Mamilla Cemetery and the adjacent fenced-off building site

are situated across from Gan Ha’atzmaut, Independence Park.

There were people enjoying the weather and afternoon sun.

Abuse of the Mamilla cemetery was not to be seen.

BDS did not work up a large anti-Israel reaction…

so it seems here we are again…

back to using the Mamilla cemetery to incite against Israel.

Month: April 2012