The Wall & Pre-School

In between the Convent on the right and the Wall on the left is the pre-school run by the Comboni Sisters. As you can see from these last two pictures, beautiful plants and beautiful people continue to grow and flourish despite the existence of this concrete symbol of division.

Catching up and Random Photos

September 24th 2015
Since I last wrote, we have returned from the Galilee. On Monday's return journey, we renewed our baptismal promises at the River Jordan and later visited the Crusader Fortress at Belvoir, the ancient city of Bet She’an and the ruins of Bet Alpha Synagogue. On Tuesday evening a few of us attended a beautiful Yom Kippur service at Hebrew Union College. For the Jewish people, this is the most sole ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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

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