Wednesday, July 19, 2017

JERUSALEM POSTCARD #4: June-July, 2017



 AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I AM ALREADY HOME OVER A WEEK SO DON'T LET THIS CONFUSE YOU! FINALLY FINISHED IT TILL NEXT TIME!

Some events were big, some small but all important! Following are the various items I didn't include in the prior postcards.
Lauren loving her dog!
OUR JERUSALEM HOME
Our house is on left front. A shanda!
Shortly after our arrival, our tenant and dear friend Lauren Dellar left to visit family in the states. The building next store is essentially finished but is beyond ugly! I believe it is a condo and reminds me of the old Jack Tar Hotel on Van Ness in SF. No idea when people will move in but I did hear it is very expensive. Oy, what we and Lauren have lived through!


WONDER WOMAN
Yes, Herbie, Moses and I saw it here in Jerusalem. Biggest theater I have ever been to but Moses says there is one this size in Fremont.  The main floor has restaurants and a few theaters and the basement has more refreshment lines than I have ever seen! Furthermore, it is open on Saturday/Shabbat, a big surprise! Enjoyed film tho I thought the ending was a bit too much like all other violent cartoonish movies.


ISRAEL MUSEUM
1000s of ceramic sunflower seeds
Went alone to see Chinese artist "Ai Weiwei: Maybe, Maybe Not," tho I enjoyed several other special exhibitions as well. I found it impressive that Ai chose to show here and his carpet was only on display once before in  2009, the year it was finished. It is huge and we were all required to remove our shoes.

"In this age of tectonic shifts in  the geopolitical
arena, Ai Weiwei's questions may be more relevant than ever: Is what we are told true? Is what we see real? Maybe, Maybe not..."

Ai's trees were both inside and out



In Full Color: 60 Years of Design by Dan Reisinger shows the work of the graphic designer who designed the logos for El Al Airlines and Teva pharmaceuticals to name just a couple.

Ilit Azoulay explored the museum both behind in the storerooms and in front. She photographed items and made photo collages that show amazing pieces most people have never seen.

No Place Like Home shows "rooms of a house exploring domesticity, immigration, displacement, and gender roles."

 But my favorite moment was watching a young man approach a very real looking man in the hall. His parents came looking for him while I was cracking up!

As always, Duane Hanson stopped these people 
dead in their tracks!



TEL AVIV TAXI DRIVER
After three drivers refused to take us with the meter, this adorable, youthful acting 70-year-old took us with pleasure! We delighted in his stories of being married to his third wife, (the first two died) a young Filipina who takes care of "old" people and when she gets mad at them takes it out on him! Grandchildren tell him he is never serious and he responds "Why should I be?" The army told him in '66 he couldn't be a pilot because he wasn't serious enough! Twenty minutes of laughter went a long way!



Circle in rear Hannukiah; hedges Har Herzl and menorah.

HAR HERZL (OR MT HERZL)

Theodore Herzl had the original idea for the State of Israel but didn't live to see it. He died at 44. We walked around his tomb as well as those of latter day Israeli dignitaries. It also serves as a military cemetery with soldiers buried according to their wars. We took Moses to the film show inside that we had seen a few years ago. A very clever depiction of Herzl's life and the beginning of the State. Good for all ages.





NEW PARENTS
Before!
Alexander and Racheli whose wedding we attended last fall, visited us the evening Herbie and Moses were leaving for the airport. They stayed for awhile after the guys left and we had a delightful visit. Racheli is trying very hard to learn English but meanwhile Alexander helps her. Her doc told her she was due July 6 but the baby took his time and arrived on the 13th! I am attaching before and after photos, the latter courtesy of Marc. Rachelis' sister in law gave birth to a girl in the morning and she had the boy in the evening so they roomed together in the hospital. All these cousins from both families will grow up together. So nice!

 Name to be announced at Bris on Friday!















Brunch with Joyce Klein at Tmol Shilshom

Lunch in Tel Aviv with Simone and Daniella

















Reporting, Captain!
Right way!
Moses with Rachel
Great GrandZayda with Rachel


































 DINNER BEFORE LIGHT SHOW

Great grandparents, Ashira, Talia, Rachel, Zach, Moses before light show
















Free light show in and around Old City Jewish Quarter
The Huerva Synagogue lit up




















TUNNEL TOUR UNDER WALL

Market place in ancient times














Continuation of wall in tunnel
















 















Apple strudel at Austrian Hospice after tunnel tour


 DANIELLA AND I SPENT DAY IN TEL AVIV

Entry to Poli House Boutique Hotel

Rooftop pool at Poli House with spectacular views
Lady who sang when Peres was shot












































Simone's third toe surgery!





















Visiting family in Hadera




















A nice ending: Shalom Simcha blowing a very large and loud shofar!

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