Click Here for Part 4 of “All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda” Now that I’ve covered the history and development of the Machane Yehuda Market, I want to focus on the “whens” of the shuk. The market is not the same every time you visit there. It shifts and changes with the hours Read More
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All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda – Part 4: Making Improvements
Click Here for Part 3 of “All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda” The shuk today is much nicer, cleaner and developed than it once was. (I know some people still think it is too dirty or smelly, but I disagree. Not trying to convince anyone though!) The improvements began in the 1970s, and Read More
All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda – Part 3: Building Permanence
Click Here for Part 2 of “All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda” Following the early developments at Machane Yehuda Market through the first few decades of the 20th Century, the shuk found a permanent home in Jerusalem. This called for other changes that would solidify this permanence, over the decades of the mid-century. Read More
All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda – Part 2: The Early Years
Click Here for Part 1 of “All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda” In my last post on “the Shuk,” I gave you some of the background information. What the shuk is, why it is located where it is and where its name comes from. But I also mentioned that I see Machane Yehuda Read More
All You Want to Know About Machane Yehuda – Part 1: Background
One of my absolute favorite places in Jerusalem — and not just as a tour guide but also as a city resident — is Machane Yehuda, the outdoor market at the heart of the city. I’m a real foodie, and this market (commonly just referred to as “the shuk” — the Hebrew and Arabic word Read More
Israel Mystery Photo #22
Okay folks, it is time for another Israel Mystery Photo! In this game, I show you a picture I took somewhere on tour in Israel, and then you try to identify it. Then in the next post, I put on my guide hat, and give you some more information about it! So, post your guesses Read More
“Show Me Something I Haven’t Seen”
While many of my tourists are visiting Israel for their first time, I also get the privilege to guide some groups who have visited Israel many times before. This means that most of the sites that I commonly bring tourists to are not of interest to these groups since they have already visited there in Read More
Today in Israeli History: Jerusalem is Our Capital
I have had the distinct pleasure this week of guiding at a number of sites throughout Jerusalem where I don’t frequently guide. Among them was a visit to the Supreme Court building on Givat Ram, in the government complex. In that part of the city are numerous buildings connected to all three branches of government. Read More
In A Place Where There Are No Men
In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man. — Ethics of the Fathers 2:5 I’ve always appreciated the above quote, taken from Pirkei Avot, a book from the Mishnah, full of useful proverbs to live by. And while I think a better translation of the word ish here might be Read More
More From Me
A brief post to let you know about a few new things I am doing that you might be interested in. Of course I have my blog here, but I am also starting to write in a few more places. The content will be different in each place, so if you like what I have Read More