Pardon My Interruption: Craig's Thoughts About This And That
I recently met a Jewish scribe in the Old City, and here is a picture of his desk. As you can see there are a couple of cups of coffee remnants as well as various shapes/sizes of pens and edging tools. I would like to stand and watch him work, but so far he hasn’t agreed.
I was a little surprised at how messy his desk appeared, but was reminded of my own work bench when I was a jeweler. I think people might have been surprised at how messy my bench was considering that I was handling their priceless family treasures.
Here’s a photo from 20 years ago:
A wealthy foreign, Muslim donor has generously provided bread for needy families through a coupon redemption program in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Bakeries throughout the Old City have been enlisted to supply 10 or 20 pitas for each coupon redeemed. The bakeries are then reimbursed monthly according to the number of coupons they have fulfilled.
The baker that I spoke with about this program said its a good program, but he doesn’t like participating because he doesn’t feel comfortable that people divert their eyes from him because they are embarrassed by using the coupons.
During the recent tensions related to the Temple Mount – specifically Jews ascending and allegedly praying in the mosque, and the Muslim youth’s potential violent response – the police monitoring each gate were prepared with riot shields.
