Photos from Friday

This is a photo of parts or Jerusalem taken from the Haas Promenade. We are essentially looking northeast from the promenade. Jerusalem may be divided into three sections. There is the ancient city, the city of the Second Temple and the time of Jesus. There is the old city. and there is the new city.
In this photo we are looking for the most part at the ancient city and the old city.
The old city is in the area of the golden dome seen toward the top of the city. The golden dome is known as the Dome of the Rock. It is built on top of the Ruins of the Second Temple. The Dome of the Rock is not a mosque, however. It is a shrine marking the place where the prophet Mohammed is said to have ascended into Heaven. It is located in the Arab Quarter, and only Muslims may enter it.
The black dome to the right of the Dome of the Rock is a mosque.
There are four quarters in the old city: Arab, Jewish, Armenian, and Christian.
The ancient city is also visible in the photo. Locate the blue spot toward the middle of the photo beneath the Dome of the Rock. The area from the blue spot over to the vegetation on the right is part of the ancient city - the Jerusalem Jesus would have known. The ancient city continues past the bottom of the photo. The Temple, where the Dome of the Rock is now, would have been hovering over the ancient city.
The vegetation on the right is the beginning of the Kidron Valley.





The two towers at the top of this photo show the Mount of Olives. It is to the right and behind the Dome of the Rock.





The white dome that is seen on the left side of the picture is a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the old city. The Christian Quarter is behind it. the Dome of the Rock is to the right, outside the picture.





Trip participants from Emanuel Parish, Braintree. From the left: Sheila Smith, Jeanne Smallcomb, Linda King, Christine Bentley, and Fr. Tom Mulvey.





Trip participants from Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, Hingham. From the left: Neil Satran, Barbara Carlin, Rabbi Shira Joseph, David Alschuler, Penny Alschuler, Joan Carr, and Saul Joseph.





The whole gang.






Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Center in Jerusalem.














Views of the men's section of the Western Wall - known to Christians as the "Wailing Wall." The Dome of the Rock is above the wall to the left of the photo. The women's section is the smaller section to the right in the bottom photo.




Father Mulvey praying at the Western Wall on the Sabbath.

Location:Jerusalem and environs