The end of August in Jerusalem, Israel, is not a favorite season.
Though it usually cools off at night, the days are often too hot for comfort.
Good for drying clothes outside, but the heat wave this week is not fun.
That is, unless you are young or young at heart and head for one of Jerusalem’s water fountains.
The fountain at Teddy Park, located across from the Old City walls, has become a favorite.
Day or night, when the music plays and the water shoots up, it is a sight to see, if not to jump in.
The water at the Lion’s Fountain in Bloomfield Park has been reduced over the years.
Signs warn not to enter the water, but that does not stop everyone on a very hot day.
Workers are out, summer sun or not, as endless road work goes on.
Light rail construction also goes on and on with constant changes to traffic and neighborhoods.
Now that Tisha B’Av is over, the weddings are back, their music filling the summer nights.
The music from the annual Wine Festival at the Israel Museum filled three nights over the Jerusalem streets with different bands playing, while people wandered around trying samples from over 20 wineries.
At Yad Vashem, the crowd was seated in the Warsaw Plaza to appreciate Klezmer music.
Not sure how the long-planned Grand Slam at Givat Ram Stadium will be this week in the heat.
But the 34th International Puppet Festival is back next week at the new Train Davidson Theater with air-conditioned spaces.
School is out, and families once again look for child activities.
The summer weather has turned the green to dried weeds.
But the pomegranates are on the trees, a sign that autumn, Elul, is coming, and the fall holiday season.
A new season, but one remembering too many lost in the past two years.
And those who are still held captive in Gaza, not forgotten, even in a Jerusalem hospital.
Meanwhile, the music goes on on the Jerusalem streets.
Concerts and performances are scheduled for the Sultan’s Pool amphitheater.
Jerusalem is sponsoring a hip-hop Block Party on Jaffa Street on August 21, 2025.
Hard to predict what will happen next on the Jerusalem streets.
But the annual End of Summer Festival is planned for the Jerusalem Theater Plaza.
I can only share what happened and what is planned, and try to stay cool until the heat wave passes.
Just a bit of what’s happening on the Jerusalem Streets.
Now to go get a large Iced Tea.
Hope to see you soon again on the Jerusalem streets!