{"id":1560,"date":"2008-02-21T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/an-artists-colo\/"},"modified":"2016-06-19T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T20:20:59","slug":"an-artists-colo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/an-artists-colo\/","title":{"rendered":"AN ARTISTS’ COLONY, THE ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL, THE CRAZY JERUSALEM MARKET AND 7 MILES ON MY PEDOMETER"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yemen_moshe_vista_2\"<\/a>
\nThis was a remarkable day.\u00a0 In the first place, according to my pedometer we’ve walked seven miles!\u00a0 Even more importantly, of course, was where<\/em> we walked.\u00a0 Our first stop was an accident – wandering toward the Old City from our apartment we ended up in the lovely old neighborhood of Yemen Moshe<\/a>.\u00a0 Symbolized by the windmill at the top of the hill upon which this old neighborhood is built, it has long been highly desirable and glamorous place to live – full of artists and intellectuals.\u00a0 Now there are also dozens of galleries and shops – but we just strolled around en route to the oldest parts of the city.
\n\"Holocause_come_in\"<\/a> From there, we went into Old Jerusalem through the Zion Gate – a way we’d never been before, and explored the area around an old Armenian church, when suddenly we came upon this sign<\/p>\n

At first we weren’t even sure it was for real — we’d certainly never heard of it and both of us are pretty well-schooled in Holocaust lore.\u00a0 As we drew closer, we were shocked to find a small entrance to an equally small courtyard offering the gateway to “The Chamber of the Holocaust<\/a>”\u00a0 and this sign:<\/p>\n

\"Jew_hatred_1\"<\/a> From there we moved into a small, cave-like room whose walls were covered with stone tablets, much like grave stones, dedicated to lost towns in the countries of the Shoah.\u00a0 Three rooms and an outdoor courtyard were covered with the “headstones” and all the rest of the exhibits were, old, faded, primitive and clearly created with love, outrage and very little money.\u00a0 Somehow, the very “scotch tape and cutouts” quality of the exhibits\u00a0 magnified the grief and determination of those who had created them.\u00a0 It was a remarkable moment in our day.\u00a0 Here are a couple more photos:
\n\"Holocaust_cave\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The “cave” with the headstones to lost cities and towns.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Holocaust_photos_cropped\"<\/a>
\nOne of several walls of photo- graphs of lost souls.\u00a0 There are more, but this is enough.\u00a0 Lots of other things happened today but this is where I want to leave things.\u00a0 I’ll try one more post before Shabbat but if I don’t make it, I’ll catch us up on Saturday night.
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"Market_cheese_man\"<\/a>
\nHere’s just one preview though – of Jerusalem’s favorite market – Machene Yehuda<\/a>.\u00a0 Good night for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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