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Finding my Jerusalem in London

Posted on September 9, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

This is just the way I am: Every time I travel in a foreign city I try to find Jerusalem in it. Rabi Nachman of Breslau once said that wherever he goes he always goes to the land of Israel.…

Tagged with: Churches in Jerusalem, Cleopatra’s Needle, Les Bourgeois de Calais, London and Jerusalem, pictures from Jerusalem, the Imperial camel corps in Sinai, The old city of jerusalem, Tours in Jerusalem, Tours in Jerusalem for Children, yishay shavit

A Tour and Discourse in Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

As a Tour Guide in Jerusalem, I work with many tourists and Israelis and I love working with diverse groups – I feel that meeting different groups keeps me sharp and gives me better knowledge of my own environment and…

Tagged with: Beit Shmuel, Magav soldiers, The old city of jerusalem, The weekly Parasha, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

Some corner of a foregin field

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

World War I left a deeply scarred western society. The millions left dead, the crippled and the returning soldiers who could not find peace in the postwar world changed the face of Europe for good. These days the trauma is…

Tagged with: Christianity in Jerusalem, first world war in Jerusalem, Some corner of a foregin field, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

Beta Israels Sigd festival in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

Everybody is drawn by Jerusalem. Every Jerusalem resident know that when he sees a new flag raised in the city he’d better stay home. You don’t want to walk or drive the streets of the city when some foreign diplomat…

Tagged with: Armon Hanatziv, Beta Israels, Judaism in Jerusalem, pictures from Jerusalem, sigd, Temple Mount, The western wall, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

A ball in Alhambra palace

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

Often, when I go out and walk the streets of Jerusalem I encounter a place or a person that surprises me. A while ago it happened to me again. I attended an event that was organized by a tour company…

Tagged with: Alhambra palace, Islam in Jerusalem, Temple Mount, The old city of jerusalem, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, yishay shavit

At the Kotel with the Wish Ambulance

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

Recently I was privileged to guide a once in a lifetime tour. A nice family from Be’er Sheva called me with one special request. Dina, The mother and grandmother of the family is struggling with cancer and the doctors fear…

Tagged with: The Kotel, The old city of jerusalem, The western wall, the Wish Ambulance, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

Houses from Within in Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

At least once a year a fascinating event takes place in Jerusalem. During the festival of Houses from within many private people and various institutions open the gates of their homes and buildings and let every curious visitor inside free…

Tagged with: food in Jerusalem, Houses from within in Jerusalem, King david street, leprous house in jerusalem, market in Jerusalem, pictures from Jerusalem, Rehavia, the World center of the North Africa Jewry, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, Tours in Jerusalem for Children, Villa Lea, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

Flat Stanley’s Visit to Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

Stanley Lambchop was just another ordinary boy. One day, he was given a bulletin board for displaying postcards and pictures. The board was hung over Stanley’s bed. An unfortunate decision as in the middle of the night it fell on…

Tagged with: flat Stanley, nir barkat, The old city of jerusalem, The western wall, Tour guide, Tours in Jerusalem, Tours in Jerusalem for Children, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

The Tale of Sri Morari Bapu in Zedekiah Cave

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

I would like to thank Pamela Salomon Benner for editing the English translation of this post Outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and east of Damascus Gate is a small green door. If you stand in front…

Tagged with: Jerusalem, Morari Bapu, pictures, Sri Morari Bapu, The old city of jerusalem, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit, Zedekiah’s Cave

Three Lea’s – Three Love Stories in Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

When we hear the name Jerusalem it reminds us of history, holiness and mysticism, however Jerusalem is also a city of passion. For thousands of years it was a dwelling place for people made of flesh and blood who lusted,…

Tagged with: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Jerusalem, Judaism in Jerusalem, Lea Abushded, Lea Goldberg, Lea Tenenboim, Rehavia, Tours in Jerusalem, xhurho chrakho, yishay shavit

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