PLEASE ENJOY SOME OF MY PHOTOS-BEGINNING WITH ISRAEL

My Husband Hans & I have really traveled to some fabulous places and I have been lucky enough to get some photos that I hope you will agree are unusual.  I will begin with Israel and continue with other countries in the following posts.  Israel touched me deeply as it did Hans.  I hope that you can get the flavor of the country and the people.

Ethiopian Jewish Boys (after school snack)

They are called Falashas, the name being derived from the Amharic (the language of Ethiopia) word for strangers, a reminder in itself of the way in which the Jews have remained separate from the peoples among whom they lived. 

Man in Safed.

 Ancient city in the upper Galilee. Safed is one of the four holy cities in Israel, together with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias. It is said that the Messiah will come from Safed on his way to Jerusalem. Safed was an unusual spiritual experience for me.

Lighting Candles in the Church of The Holy Sepulchre

The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls has high religious value as a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Women praying at the WESTERN WALL which is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism outside of the Temple Mount itself.


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