Sunday - Wednesday 25-28 August 2013 Humanitarian visit and pictures at the Jerusalem Center

Siraj al Quds in East Jerusalem is a school for sighted and visually impaired children to learn to study together. The director was visually impaired growing up. He had a difficult time being integrated into the schools, so he started this school to help those who were like him.  He is currently 95% blind. The playground is on the lower level.

 Linda and Nur, the director, in one of the classrooms.

 Red Crescent Society Hospital is a charity maternity hospital, located just below the Jerusalem Center.  They recently started a campaign for polio vaccinations. We are standing by their clinic near the Rockefeller Museum.  They have been inundated with people bringing their children to the clinic for a vaccination.

 Looking out the window of our apartment 206 from the dining room table, toward Jerusalem. The next three pictures move consecutively to our right in a full circle.

Kitchen and dining room

Desk
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 This completes the circle, looking at the entry to our apartment and into the bathroom.  All of the pictures of our apartment, above, were taken from the same spot, just turning 90 degrees each time.  Small and cozy!

Our bedroom taken from in front of our closet

 Our bedroom closet, taken from the bed

 This is what visitors see as they enter the Jerusalem from the main entry.

Looking to the right from the previous picture in the Jerusalem Center entry.

Looking down the stairs from the 6th floor. We live on the 2nd level.  There are 130 stairs from our level to the 8th level, where we conduct tours.

Excavation in the Old City of the Roman cardo (road).
 The Romans destroyed Jerusalem about 70 AD. and resettled it as a pagan community about 130 AD.