HE HAS A JEWISH MOM & PALESTINIAN DAD
So much fun with this fascinating family from LA who has a really interesting venn diagram of identity.
– We got to see preparations for the Feast of Corpus Christy inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
– We met a serious biker in the Old City who biked here from France. No idea how and he only spoke French.
– We saw a minimalist mihrab (apse pointing to Mecca)
– On Haram Ish Sharif in front of the Kas Sabil (fountain for ritual ablution before prayer) I explained that one need not wash oneself 5 times a day if one remains pure after the first ablution.
I delicately explained that to remain pure means to refrain from expelling solids, liquids or gases from one’s body. Jonny Walker (yes his real name) had a really funny line. He quipped: so that means you can’t breathe?
About Robby Berman, professional tour guide in Israel
I have 3 goals when I guide. Your safety. You having fun! Teaching you without doing a data dump. I teach you mnemonic devices that allow you to remember the information that I am sharing with you. While I guide all over the country, my area of expertise is the Old City of Jerusalem, especially Haram Il Sharif - Temple Mount, as well as Old Jaffa and Old Tel Aviv. I lived in the Old City of Jerusalem for many years and I currently live in Tel Aviv. I'm the only tour guide in Isr
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I have 3 goals when I guide. Your safety. You having fun! Teaching you without doing a data dump. I teach you mnemonic devices that allow you to remember the information that I am sharing with you. While I guide all over the country, my area of expertise is the Old City of Jerusalem, especially Haram Il Sharif - Temple Mount, as well as Old Jaffa and Old Tel Aviv. I lived in the Old City of Jerusalem for many years and I currently live in Tel Aviv. I'm the only tour guide in Isr
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Contact Robby Berman
