We had lunch in a great place in Carmel Market in Tel Aviv today. What did we eat? Hummus of course - as we do everyday, at least once. It was only later that we realised that we were sitting in what had been a synagogue!
Repurposing a synagogue
Month: November 2019
Signs
We know what the first sign means, but we aren’t at all sure about the second. Any guesses for either?
Akko – what a history!
We wondered around Akko, a city with an extraordinary past: minting coins under Alexander the Great, taken by the Egyptian Ptolemites, conquered by the Syrian Seleucids, conquered by Pompey, then conquered by Arabs in 638, seized by the Crusaders in 1104, conquered by Saladin in 1187, retaken by the Crusaders under the command of Richard… Continue reading Akko – what a history!
Memorial to a hero – Miriam’s aunt’s grandfather
We went to visit the Isaac Ochberg Memorial Lookout today, to honour the grandfather of Miriam’s aunt, Cynthia Zukas. As you can read below, in 1921, he travelled from South Africa to Eastern Europe to gather 200 Jewish orphans from towns and cities suffering after the war and through waves of pogroms. He travelled with… Continue reading Memorial to a hero – Miriam’s aunt’s grandfather
A Druze lunch
We enjoyed an amazing lunch in a temporary Druze restaurant in the Druze village of Daliat el Carmel. The replacement restaurant had been set up for Shabbat by Nurma, the owner (see the opening photo) because the regular restaurant was kosher, and therefore not open on a Saturday. (And there was me thinking that kosher… Continue reading A Druze lunch