LET US ALWAYS REMEMBER by Lisa Silver

Today we visited the newly renovated Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The museum is overwhelming and moving, and raises as many questions as it answers. After visiting the museum we had a private memorial service outside as it started to drizzle. The weather here changes from hour to hour!

We then went to the new Herzl Center, a very engaging multimedia museum dedicated to the life and achievements of Theodore Herzl, who laid the groundwork for the establishment for the State of Israel.
Mike Hollander and our dependable bus driver Moti, (who can drive our bus through the eye of a needle!) took us on a bus ride through and around the city of Jerusalem, allowing us to explore some of the political and diplomatic complexities of recent years.

This evening several of us walked to Ben Yehuda street, a vibrant outdoor pedestrian shopping area. It's great to see people of all ages strolling, bicycling, shopping and eating outdoors on a mid-November evening.

Tomorrow Masada and the Dead Sea, and then we are headed home!

Pictures are in random order...