YMCA Tower with a great view of Jerusalem.
Good ole YMCA.
Bells in YMCA Tower
204 stairs...
View from the tower
This picture shows JUC's relation to the Old City. On the far right is the beginning of the city wall, in the center is the Dormition Abbey, and on the far right is JUC.
Outside the Y
A fountain at a nearby park
Baby lion
The Israel sun
A local windmill. Not quite what I expected to find in the middle of Jerusalem. Apparently a European came in and put it in, wanting the people to be able to grind their own grain and be self-sustaining. Brilliant, except that their's hardly any wind here.
This is for Allison.
Map of the park (with the windmill on the right)
Jerusalem University College
The Dormition Abbey, our friendly next door neighbor
A grassy field in the center of the Hinnom Valley, right outside JUC
Pools of Bethsada (partially excavated)
The view from Aroma, a nearby coffeeshop.
This is for Autumn.
This is for Marie.
A few of us went to visit the Garden Tomb, long thought by some to be the site of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Archeologists now tell us that this is not at all possible, but the nice British people who run it continue to imply that, really, it could be. After all, it's outside the city walls, next to a hill, a tomb, it's empty...
“Golgatha”
The tomb. In the upper right hand corner you see a bit of a window. This is the “window of the soul,” allowing the soul to escape after the body's entombment.
A wider shot of the tomb.
A symbol on the inside of the tomb, added very late. “Jesus Christ, King of the Jews.”
Me in the tomb. Kind of a strange place for a picture, now that I think of it.
Flag on top of the Austrian Hospice, now a hostel.
View from the roof of the Austrian Hospice.
A minaret.
Me and the Dome of the Rock!
Two domes: in the foreground that of a Christian church, in the background the Muslim Dome of the Rock.
