The word Jerusalem invokes feelings and images in most of us. What may your feelings be? What images?

Jerusalem Overview

Is the image mostly associated with Jerusalem, of the overview from the Mt. of Olives, looking down on Temple Mount with the Shrine of Dome of the Rock?
Is it the crowded bazars inside the walls of the Old City?
Or is it one of Jerusalem’s best known sites, The Western Wall?
Or is it the grave within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher or the road leading there, the Via Dolorosa?

The images that the word Jerusalem conjures up in our minds will very much depend on our background, our religious orientation (whether there is one or not), on stories we may have heard as a child, or even as an adult. It will also be dependent on whether we have visited the city.

One thing is for certain. Jerusalem is one of the worlds most famous cities, and rightfully so. It is famous [Read more...]