Shalom Israel

We were greeted by our Rabbi upon exiting the airport. He hugged each of us and took us to our tour guide, Julie. We are in good hands. We took an Air Conditioned bus with the rest of our group to the Haas Promenade. "According to Jewish legend, it was from the location of the Haas Promenade that God showed Abraham where one day his descendants would build their holy city." We said the traditional Shehechianu Blessing recited upon arrival in Jerusalem then checked into the Inbal Hotel.

Jacob's picture.

We had dinner at the Olive and Fish restaurant with guest speaker Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies. He was an incredibly smart man who gave us quite a history lesson.