Today we had a bit of a reprieve from the crazy busy schedule. We drove through an ultra-orthodox neighborhood, and learned a lot about them. Then we went to three museums: one that had a 1:50 model of the Old City; and the Shrine of the Book, where we were able to see the Dead Sea Scrolls and other great early manuscripts of the OT; and the Israel Holocaust Museum.
All three were really great! The first gave us a better understanding of what Jerusalem looked like before all the churches were built on the important sites. The Shrine of the Book stirred up my old dreams of having some sort of positive impact on the process of discovering new Bible manuscripts. (I’m sure those dreams will go back dormant again soon.) And the Holocaust Museum documented how many countries (including the US and the Vatican) either actively or passively were a part of death of 6,000,000 Jews.
Then we toured the Knesset and learned a lot about the Israeli governmental system and history.
Most of what we saw today would not allow photographs. I may add a couple later as I review the pics.
Tomorrow we are supposed to go to Masada, Qumran, and the Dead Sea.