Drove from Masada around the West Bank, stopping at this gem of a cavern west of Jerusalem- Sorek Cave. Though smaller than Carlsbad, it is packed with excellent formations.

15 year old Max's first trip to Israel. We rented a car and spent 2 weeks touring.

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Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > One of the huge cisterns that Herod had carved out of the rock. The original plaster remains largely intact

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > Drove from Masada around the West Bank, stopping at this gem of a cavern west of Jerusalem- Sorek Cave. Though smaller than Carlsbad, it is packed with excellent formations.

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > Arrived for the final 3 days, all in Jerusalem. We stayed at the Mt. Zion Hotel, and this view out our window shows Mt Zion- where Mary died and King David is alleged to be buried. In the distance to the left of Mt. Zion is the wall to the Old City

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > Lobby of the Mt. Zion Hotel

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > Sabbath (Shabbat) morning. Two friends chat on way to synagogue. Many sects of Judaism are represented in this city, the dress of the man on the left shows he belongs to a sect that hails from eastern Europe

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > Yemin Moshe, the first dwellings built outside the safety of the Old City walls, in the 1860's. Rothschild funded it, even building a windmill though it never worked right. For years this area, just outside the old city, decayed (sniper fire will do that), but now it is a very upscale area. Now "new" Jerusalem is many times larger than the ancient city

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > At the Israel Museum, the roof of the building that contains the Dead Sea scrolls is shaped like a decorative end of a Torah scroll

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > A view of Jerusalem to the north, with the Dome of the Rock in the center. The old city walls are seen, and the surrounding "new" city dwarfs the old. Arab neighborhoods are in the foreground and the right; the other neighborhoods are mainly Jewish

Jonathan Siegel (JSBird) > 5 AM- as dawn rises, the walls of the Old City are still lit. Taken from our hotel room

Drove from Masada around the West Bank, stopping at this gem of a cavern west of Jerusalem- Sorek Cave. Though smaller than Carlsbad, it is packed with excellent formations.

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