After 40 Years in Jerusalem, Everything Has Changed Except One Man’s Love for It

After 40 years in Jerusalem, everything has changed except one man’s love for it

A Rooftop in Jerusalem Michael Kinnamon Köehlerbooks, 248 pages, $27.95 It’s 1969, and Daniel, a loosely practicing Christian undergrad from Yale, enrolls in a junior-year abroad program at Tel Aviv University. One night, he ends up alone in Jerusalem and is taken in by a Palestinian hotel owner. During his stay, Daniel, with the help of a kindly nun, finds a rooftop overlooking the Old City and feels a sense of spiritual awe wash over him. Thus…

Jerusalem District C'ttee approves plan to cover Begin Highway

There will be intensive construction above the highway including some 2,000 housing units, 250 units for assisted living, 300 hotel rooms, 30,000 square meters office and commercial space, and 75,000 square meters for public use.