Celebrations of barmitzvah for dozens of Jewish adolescent boys at the "western wall" today. A great time for family and friends. The boy is invited to read from the Torah scrolls for the first time in public.
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Sabbatical In Israel
January through April 2006 I was on sabbatical in Israel. I was based in Jerusalem at Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies (www.come.to/tantur). This blog was initiated as a way for the inspiring members of my congregation to experience something of my "sacred time away."
- The Great Synagogue of Jerusalem.
- Tomb of Yitzhak Rabin who was assassinated while s...
- The "old city" located in the centre of Hebron. Th...
- This is Bill and Mary. They are two members of a C...
- Abraham's burial site in the mosque/synagogue in H...
- This is the mosque where in 1995 a Jewish doctor f...
- This is the market in Hebron where, earlier this m...
- Children in Hebron looking for some attention.
- Meeting Elias
- The Prophet Muhammad
Monday, February 27, 2006
Celebrations of barmitzvah for dozens of Jewish adolescent boys at the "western wall" today. A great time for family and friends. The boy is invited to read from the Torah scrolls for the first time in public.
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