Coming Soon – The Big Hug of Jerusalem
June 19th, 2008My editing course is finished. Thank God/Allah! It was a tough year. I still have the assignments to hand in, but 50% of the pressure is gone. Gone. And now I hope to focus all my spare time trying to cure this country of its ills. Which means I won’t have time to deal with my children and husband, shop, clean my house, cook, laundry, etc. But one has to set priorities, non? Which brings us to…
Next week, Tuesday, June 24th is the Big Hug of Jerusalem. I’m too lazy to check if I plugged it already. I probably have. For those who can make it – please do. It’ll be especially lively at Damascus Gate. I’m forwarding an invite with the schedule. Do have a look at the video. It’s a touchy/feely one, but the happy faces and soldier in the middle of the circle are well worth the 5 minutes.
Here is the schedule for June 24th:
16:00 Gather at three meeting points around the Old City.
• Outside Dung gate – near the Western Wall.
• Habonim Garden – south of Jaffa Gate, on the lawn next
to the walls
• Palm tree’s Garden (Suk Al Falahin)- above Damascus Gate
Ibrahim abuelhawa, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari and Eliyahu McLean will be hosting the
circle above Damascus Gate, please come to meet us there…
18:00 Begin to spread around the walls of the Old City
18:30 The Big Hug- hands stretched together to surround the Old City
with shared prayers for peace and unity between all those who honor
the sacredness of Jerusalem
19:30 Closing gathering at Habonim Garden with music and blessings for peace
Please join us, bring family, friends and your musical instruments.
If you wish to volunteer please contact us, and come one hour early to the meeting points.
For more info about the event at: http://loversofjerusalem.org
See this video from last year’s event:
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Leah. Hi. I am happy you are done with your course. I hope you will be done with the assignments soon with the best results. Perhaps your family will join you in your efforts to heal the ills of a country. This is what we do for our kids when they have fever, we sit beside them and hug them untill they feel alright, We leave every thing else till they are better and the fever is down and they are back to normal. I am indeed very inspired by this beautiful activity of hugging Jerusalm, i send many hugs from Iran. Be well all of you guys there. Salaam and SHalom to Jerusalem and all her children.
Elinor, i love your comment, it sincerely moved me.
Ray:) Things will change soon, I am very positive my dear. We will have a rocking Middle East