HOLIDAYS

Holidays are an interesting thing here. So far we have been in Jerusalem for Ramadan (Muslims), Rosh Hashana (Jews), and Yom Kippur (Jews). It is neat to learn about the holidays but it also means a day of not leaving the JC. This is usually for safety precaution because on these major holidays there are so many people out in the town and Ramadan and Rosh Hashana overlapped. On big days like this there is a police blimp in the air and a helicopter watching things from above. There haven't been any problems yet and hopefully we won't see any either. Ramadan is particularly interesting because the Muslims fast during the hours of daylight. The JC is on the East side where the Muslims live. So we can't eat in public unless we go to the West side of Jerusalem.