by Susan Jagannath | Apr 10, 2009 | Churches, Places, Women
Anyone seeing these magnificent churches gleaming and flashing in the spring sunlight would wonder what happened to the grim garden depicted in Mel Gibson’s Passion. This is the facade of the Church of All Nations, and above it bloom the golden onion domes of...
by Susan Jagannath | Apr 10, 2009 | Churches, Places, Walks
I took the easiest route to the Mount of Olives, after a lot of map study the night before, down the Via Dolorosa towards St Stephen’s gate, or the Lion Gate. Stepping out of Jerusalem with a backpack, as I’d checked out after an excellent breakfast, I...
by Susan Jagannath | Apr 2, 2009 | Places, Women
In another post, I told you about the Jewish Mama who built a mosque just to annoy her neighbours, but of course, I haven’t forgotten that most Jewish of mamas, Mary, or Our Lady, who’s real life remains much of a mystery, but there were tantalising traces...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 29, 2009 | Travel
Gums on the Jordan I wondered what was wrong with this picture of the site that commemorates the baptism of Jesus – look closely and you will see that the trees are distinctly unbiblical..this could almost be any river in Australia. Those are eucalytus. Much of...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 28, 2009 | Churches, Travel
Angels we have heard This is the inside of the dome in the chapel at Shepherd’s Field outside Bethlehem. I liked the light pouring into the little chamber better than the murals on the walls, which were rather predictable. The quiet fields are now gardens that...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 28, 2009 | Places
Tower of David Originally uploaded by rael10 This is the Citadel of David. While its now an impressive castle, in fact, it is a crusader built citadel, and now a museum, that I didnt have time to visit. While the whole of the Old City is a walled city, its at the...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 27, 2009 | Places, Women
What’s a mosque doing right next to the latest version of the Ruined Synagogue? Apparently its never been used as mosque, but was built by the mother of a jewish man who converted to Islam. Subsequently he was evicted from the Jewish quarter and ostracised by...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 27, 2009 | Places, Women
The traditional name for this last remnant of the Temple is the Wailing Wall, but the pc name appears to be the Western Wall. Entering the Western Wall Plaza requires a full security check and passing through a metal detector, and a passport check. The guard was...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 24, 2009 | Places, Travel
In particular, terminal 4. I wrote this rant while enduring the wait, it was funny that just the previous day I’d been discussing the insidious forms of racism I’d encountered in Australia… —–here it is…Heathrow is horrible –...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
I forgot that travelling eastward we lose a day.. But the good things: I missed Monday! That’s got to be good now that I’m back on a Sat-Sun weekend. The Fri-Sat weekend in Israel can be disconcerting! Singapore to Bribane, in cattle class, but I had a...
