Al-Aqsa Mosque

The southern wall of the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.

St. Dimitrios School in Jerusalem

St. Dimitrios school of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The Patriarchate traces its line of succession to the first Christian bishops of Jerusalem, the first being James the Just in the 1st century AD. Jerusalem was recognized as a patriarchate at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The Patriarch is the head of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, and the religious leader of about 130,000 Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, most of them Palestinians.

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem

Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 2012.

Market scenes in the Arab Quarter near Damascus Gate

Spearmint sellers / Πωλητές δυόσμου

Bar Mitzvah, Jerusalem

Bar Mitzvah - the Jewish coming of age ritual. Western Wall, Jerusalem.

Masada

Masada - fortified rock plateau in the Judean desert, overlooking the Dead Sea, mostly known through the Siege of Masada by Roman troops at the end of the First Jewish-Roman war in the 1st century CE.

With many thanks to Tsvi.