Category: Jerusalem

One of the really interesting features of the Old City Jerusalem are the multitude of latices (they are called shutters in the USA) .

These designs are basically throwbacks to the pre-1948 days. These lattices are meant to keep the wind and cold out on winter days. However, most of them can be found open all times of year. Rooms in these Ottoman style buildings can get pretty dark with the window shut, as the ceilings are high and the traditional lighting is insufficient.

Prayer is usually a spiritually uplifting action. Seeing others praying is often even more uplifting. You can sometimes feel the energy and emotion emitted from a person who is in a spiritual moment.

Here are some photos of prayer at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Biblical zoo is situated in the south of the city, just south of the Malcha Technology Park, and the Jerusalem Malcha Mall. It is easily accessibly by train (Malcha station), car, and bus.

The zoo is huge! The highlight is a wonderful children’s petting zoo – which, when we went, cost additional to the general zoo admission. The zoo strives to keep to it’s name “Biblical zoo”, hence the animals housed at the zoo are all mentioned in the Bible. Next to each cage is a plaque with an inscription from the Bible where that animal was mentioned.

Here’s a orangutan (I think) looking at one of the visitors. It wasn’t clear to me who was the visitor and who was the caged animal here 🙂

Here’s a straight shot of the Monster Slide in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.

This is one of the true fun places to go when visiting Jerusalem.

To get there by car, simply drive south from the main entrance of Jerusalem on Herzl Road, always following the signs to Hadassa Ein Kerem Hospital. You will eventually get to a traffic light with this wonderful park on your left side. It’s about a 10-15 min ride depending on how many traffic lights you hit. If you reached the hospital, turn around, you went too far!

The Monster slide is a famous stop for university students and college tours.

If you are walking down Emek Refaim in the German Colony of Jerusalem you may notice this tree. You’d think it would be embarrassed to be in public like that! I thought of putting some clothes on it 🙂

Some of the sights of Jerusalem:

Walking on Jaffa Street

Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Monster Slide in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem

Whether you are looking for fruits and vegetables, or
fish, meat, candy, coffee, spices, kitchen utensils, bargain clothing (odd-lots), Judaica, or just about anything else – The Shuk (Mahane or Machane Yehuda) is The place to go!

The Shuk is bound by Jaffa and Aggripas Streets.
Most of the vendors are under awnings “Indoors”, however some, such as the Pita Hawkers, are simply out in the middle of the road. You can expect to hear quite a bit of price hawking being shouted from the vendor’s cubicles. Typically, they are informing you of the great deals available – such as “A dozen pitas for 10 Shekels” or “3 Shekel for one kilo of juicy tomatoes”. Sometimes, however, you can hear the inevitable haggling over prices from savvy shoppers (old-timers and youngsters).

Click on thumbnails to see some samples: If you need larger images of the shuk, or any of the images on this website, just let us know! Write to us at contact@holyexposures.com

A quick snapshot from a passing car and now you see what snow looks like when it falls at the entrance to Jerusalem. This image is from 2003. The roads are generally cleared quickly, either from the sun melting the snow away, or from the very infrequent snow plows attached to municpal garbage trucks.

Snow blankets Jerusalem in 2003.