Most of the day on the 16th, was learning about Jewish history and how it played out in world history. We went to a memorial cemetery for some of their military and leaders. Jacob said something very poetic about the young Israelis that had died in wars. He said many died “while their lips were still wet with their mother’s milk.” It’s always an honor to pay tribute to those that die for their country.
Next we visited a museum on Theodor Herzl and Zionism. It really was a crucial time for the Jewish nation as they tried to reunite and get the promised land back as a nation. The Jews were scattered all over the world and a guy named Herzl traveled all over the world on behalf of the Jews to get Israel back. He died before it happened. But after the holocaust, when Great Brittan held Israel, they worked out a deal to give the Jews their own country again and Israel was on the map again. Still today Jews will identify themselves as Zionist or not. We also went to a Holocaust Museum – very moving, to be reminded of the torture they suffered.
Then we went to The Shrine of the Book museum that holds some of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Great information on the Essens, very strict Jews (mostly men) that moved out of Jerusalem into the caves in the Dead Sea area. Very hard lifestyle, but they are the ones that wrote a lot of the scriptures and put them in many of the caves. They also have a miniature Jerusalem, that’s not so miniature! It’s a 1:25 scale and has about 350 miniature models of buildings and landmarks in the old city of Jerusalem.
It’s been unusually hot this week. A bit of a heat wave per Jacob. It was nice to get back to the hotel and take a swim at the 7th floor roof top pool!
Sorry I’m behind a few days on the blog. Our internet connection was giving me trouble the last few days in Jerusalem. We’re home now, but wanted to go ahead and blog about our last few days in Israel. Enjoy!
Next we visited a museum on Theodor Herzl and Zionism. It really was a crucial time for the Jewish nation as they tried to reunite and get the promised land back as a nation. The Jews were scattered all over the world and a guy named Herzl traveled all over the world on behalf of the Jews to get Israel back. He died before it happened. But after the holocaust, when Great Brittan held Israel, they worked out a deal to give the Jews their own country again and Israel was on the map again. Still today Jews will identify themselves as Zionist or not. We also went to a Holocaust Museum – very moving, to be reminded of the torture they suffered.
Then we went to The Shrine of the Book museum that holds some of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Great information on the Essens, very strict Jews (mostly men) that moved out of Jerusalem into the caves in the Dead Sea area. Very hard lifestyle, but they are the ones that wrote a lot of the scriptures and put them in many of the caves. They also have a miniature Jerusalem, that’s not so miniature! It’s a 1:25 scale and has about 350 miniature models of buildings and landmarks in the old city of Jerusalem.
It’s been unusually hot this week. A bit of a heat wave per Jacob. It was nice to get back to the hotel and take a swim at the 7th floor roof top pool!
Sorry I’m behind a few days on the blog. Our internet connection was giving me trouble the last few days in Jerusalem. We’re home now, but wanted to go ahead and blog about our last few days in Israel. Enjoy!
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