A Third Week “LeHeetaclem” (to acclimatize) Photo 19

A Third Week “LeHeetaclem” (to acclimatize)

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August 14th 2011
Sunday August 14th we met with our friend Rahel Halabe (currently of Vancouver) in her childhood neighbourhood of Nahla’ot, which is next to the Mahaneh Yehuda Market. Nahla’ot is one of “new” Jerusalem’s oldest neighbourhoods which dates back to the 1880s. It’s a maze of narrow twisting alleyways in which one’s sense of direction is quickly lost. Rahel’s description of Nahla’ot� ... read more

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more