Here’s the ruins of the famous Hurva Synagogue. The commemorative arch was built in 1978 to memorialize the former size and splendor of this once grand synagogue until it was destroyed in 1948 by the Arab Legion (Jordanian Army) in the Israeli War of Independence.
Here are two views of the Arch.
Technical Details: Nikon FE, Fuji Velvia, both shot with a Sigma 24mm.
Wadi Joz is northeast of the Old City and is generally considered part of East Jerusalem.
Notice the streets are sometimes paved, sometimes not. There are beautiful villas on the top of the image across of huts and ramshackles, and piles of dirt in the middle.
Dormition Abbey is on Mount Zion about 50 meters just outside the Zion Gate and walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a massive and impressive structure that resembles a mighty fortress.
Technical Details: Shot with a Nikon FE, 24mm f.2.8, 1/250. I nudged up pretty close to the northeast corner of the building and shot with a very wide angle lens that somewhat distorted the edges.
2003 – Israeli Solider praying at the Western Wall (Kotel).
It was the night of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
I shot this image in 2003 the night of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. A suicide bomber had exploded himself in the center of town. The entire city was a police fortress. The border patrol units were hunting for possible collaborators. I went down to the Kotel (Old City – Western Wall) and saw there were soldiers there, many of them were new recruits, who were praying at the wall for peace.
Technical details - Nikon F100, Fuji Astra, 1/60, ISO 100. Leaned on a table and shot with self-timer. The unique yellow lighting to this image comes from the halogen floodlights that light up wall at nighttime.
