Sunday Aug. 9, Nora Kort from the Arab Orthodox Society invited us to a fund raiser for the people of Gaza at her museum just inside Jaffa gate in the Christian Quarter.
The Old City was just waking up when we went in about 9:30 a.m.
The head of the Greek Orthodox church spoke to us in Arabic so we didn't get a whole lot out of it. We were the only non-Palestinians there. Nora Kort is in the middle.
After they had a lovely traditional brunch at the museum.
The women at our table were all very gracious and wanted us to know what was happening in Gaza to their people.
Nora is always dressed elegantly and is the epitome of graciousness.
This was Miriam Griell's last week in the branch. She has been a volunteer at St. Vincent's School for the handicapped for the last 2 years. Miriam has made it possible for the students at the JC to come out each week to volunteer at the school in Ein Karem. Jan Clayton and I were Miriam's VT so Jan and I would VT her by meeting her for lunch in Ein Karem. It was tough but somebody had to do it. Miriam turned out to be a very dear friend and a pillar in the branch. She is going back to Austria to get a master's degree in occupational therapy.
This is the primary in Bethlehem. Deema is holding her little girl Martina and Sahar is teaching the lesson.
Sahar, Nadeem Markos, and Jason
What a bunch of darling children. They are all Palestinian except for Jeremy Simmons, the read head in the middle. His parents, Amy and Eric Simmons are Americans from Las Vegas working in Ramallah.
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