Author, editor, attempter of this thing called life. Social anxiety warrior. Re-Connections, a collection of short stories, published with Ocelot Press, 15/10/2025.
Not a site, this time, but an activity that takes place all over the country, including Jerusalem.
What’s special about Israeli folk dancing is that new dances are constantly being created. You have to keep attending, otherwise you fall behind. Folk dancing is fun and healthy, and it brings together, in a friendly atmosphere, all sorts of people who wouldn’t normally meet. I love it – especially with my dancing instructor, Boaz.
Happy Easter/Passover, everyone!
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Ein Karem (literally “Spring of the Vineyard”) is an ancient village, and now a suburb of Jerusalem. John the Baptist is believed to have been born there, and that is the reason for the many churches and monasteries around the village. The photograph, taken by my other half, shows… I’m not quite sure what. The steeple in the middle looks as if it belongs to the Church of St John the Baptist. The others…. I’d better go there again soon.
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The Dormition Abbey is a German Benedictine church completed in 1910. It has a conical roof (described as blue although it looks grey to me), four ornamental turrets and a clock tower. When we lived close to a view of the clock tower, we used to watch its “face” appear as it got dark.
(If I’d had any sense, I’d have photographed the two buildings together.)
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I’m a bit confused about what it’s supposed to be called in English, but it stands at the main entrance to Jerusalem, was inaugurated in 2008 and is now used by pedestrians and the light railway. I’m not sure it suits the character of Jerusalem, but it is impressive and was apparently the only suitable option for the light railway.
All the photos in these posts were taken by a very unprofessional photographer – me. You can easily find much better ph0tos of this hospital.
Bikur Cholim (literally “Visiting the Sick”) Hospital dates from 1826. The current building was completed in 1925 and was one of the first to be erected in what is now the city centre. It still functions as a hospital, having survived artillery fire and severe financial problems.
As I mentioned before, I’m going to be blogging about Jerusalem this month – one letter per day. With such a subject, I’m rather spoilt for choice and can only show you a small part of the amazing number and variety of sites in this relatively small town.
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The Al Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Sunni Islam. Its name means “the Farthest Mosque” and it originates from the year 705, although the building has been rebuilt and renovated several times since then.
So from Sunday I’ll be doing the A-Z Challenge again.
Last year I wrote about writing and about social anxiety. You can read my posts (going backwards) here.
This year, influenced by others who blogged about places last year, I’ve chosen the topic of Jerusalem.
See you on Sunday!
Hubby and I have been married for a long time. In fact we’re just coming up to another anniversary – 34 years.
For most of that time, we shared a bed – just the two of us. Now, we still share a bed, but we’ve been joined by two others.
He recently got an iphone. Now he listens to things on it and reads things. So it has joined our bed. And the other day I decided that if I’m ever going to read the books that have accumulated in the kindle application on my laptop PC, I’m going to have to take PC to bed with me.
So now we’re a foursome.
I never really thought I’d succeed in writing 100k words in 100 days, which was Sally Quilford’s challenge starting on 1st January. But I joined to see what I’d manage. And Sally wrote:
As far as I’m concerned, if you get to 9th April having written 30k words, and it’s more than you’d normally write, you’ve done well!
So today I passed the 30k mark and I’m delighted.
I did well!
Three years ago, I ventured out into the world, scared of what I might find.
I’m so glad I did.
Miriam Drori, Author