 The
Roman Catholic priest in Taybeh, a Christian village to the east of
Ramallah. The church has organized a lamp cooperative, which employs
villagers in making both the pottery lamp and the olive oil that burns
within
the lamp.
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Here is a Taybeh lamp with a barely lit wick.
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This church ruin at the edge of Taybeh dates back to the Crusader era
(1099-1187).
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Villagers come to the remains of this Crusader church and sacrifice
animals, as part of their prayer. The hand marks on the walls are
bloody prints.
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This plaque above the front door of a Christian home in Beit Jala,
which is just west of Bethlehem, depicts St. George killing a
dragon. St. George is very popular here, perhaps because he was seen
as a protector of the Crusaders, who are remember by local Christians as heroes.
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Olive tree pruning with a Palestinian family and volunteers sent to
this area of the West Bank by Rabbis for Human Rights to help offer
protection from settlers living in an outpost just up the hill. The
man on the left is a philosophy graduate student from Hebrew
University. The woman in the center is an American graduate student,
and the man at the right is one of the Palestinian landowners.
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Palestinian
women gathered firewood while we pruned olive trees. Here two of the
women are carrying bundles of sticks down to the tractor.
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This
is the Jerusalem Candle of Hope that Israeli and Palestinian women are
making under the auspices of the Parents Circle - Families Forum.
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Bishop
Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jerusalem.
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The back of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Note the porch extensions
built out from the walls, and also the satellite dishes and solar water
heaters along the roof. |
