Shabbat in Jerusalem was very nice, peaceful and relaxing. Although I found it very interesting that there are many more cars on the street than I was expecting and I was actually woken up early in the morning by someone blowing their horn! I certainly didn't expect that in Jerusalem!
Motzei Shabbat I took the girls to the The Night Spectacular at the Tower of David. The show has no narration and is not meant to be a comprehensive history lesson. Instead, viewers are treated to a colorful series of moving images that turn the massive walls, arches, towers, turrets and archaeological ruins into lifelike depictions of events that took place over the millennia, right where we were. The show does not provide a full history of Jerusalem however, the images are very powerful and we all really enjoyed it.
Blog Activity: Look online to learn about The Tower of David, what did you find most interesting? Draw your own picture of the tower and hand it in for a prize.
After the show we went to Ben Yehuda street for the girls to do some shopping. It was unbelievably crowded! I have never seen it like that, it looked like Times Square in New York on a Saturday night. It was great to see so many groups of young people there enjoying their summer programs in Israel. I spoke to some of the teens and they were from all the major groups-USY, NFTY, BBYO and Birthright. There were also some European groups there from France and Denmark. Myriam ran into a friend from the Habonim program who had spent the weekend at Beit Shemesh and was shopping with her aunt.
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