COLORFUL SISTERS

Mifgash HaBeka’a | Jordan Valley

Jordan Valley, Israel Cleaning out our purses after our trip to Israel, we pulled out what seemed to be hundreds of small square and rectangle slips of paper. Tickets, endless tickets. For the bus, the train, the light rail. Something made us want to keep them all. They were small reminders of beautiful little moments. Little reminders of Israel. Like...

Visiting Shuk Machneh Yehudah | Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel It’s our first time in Machane Yehudah, also called the Shuk, the most famous outdoor market in Israel. The sky is a beautiful blue. The Jerusalem streets are sunny and bright. We enter the sea of bustling feet passing locals, travelers, and an endless array of diverse faces. “Anavim, anavim, anavim” street vendors yell out with a deep...

Jerusalem Tiles | Travel Journal

Walking thought the narrow cobblestone streets, we found a charming little ceramic shop. The small steps leading up to the shop were covered with hand painted tiles. Inside were some of the most beautiful treasures; richly painted bowls of fruit, rose covered tea sets, budding flower vases, painted songbirds…a mosaic of delicately painted tiles that looked like a garden of...

Visiting the Old City | Jerusalem | Travel Journal

The Old City. Jewish Quarter. Countless songs, prayers, dreams, and hopes are buried in its stones, engraved into its pillars, trodden on its streets. Jewish pilgrims journeyed here from around the world through the centuries, Jewish poets sang about its walls and ramparts, Jewish pioneers and warriors fought and liberated it. The holy city. Jerusalem. There is no place in...