More Jerusalem Sites

The next to the last day of our trip and we're trying to load up on sites and people. We spent most of the day people watching and wandering about.
Our first stop was the Artist Walk outside the Old City. We visited the artist, Moitke Blum--a holocaust survivor, whose art work we purchased a week earlier. He has the most unusual shop in the Walk, note the sculpture over the door.
We continued uphill--Stu swears that every street in Jerusalem is uphill--in order to meet with Devorah at the AIPAC office. We had an opportunity over lunch to discuss politics, who is coming on AIPAC missions, how to reach out to both Jews and non-Jews, and what might be in the impact of Israel's new government. We were extremely impressed by how much the Jerusalem office does with their small staff of 8. Among other things they arrange for approximately 40 missions to Israel a year--senators, scientists, journalists, students, community activists, Evangelicals, Jewish donors, and more. We're glad they are there.
Across the street from Aipac's offices is Liberty Bell Park with its replica of the Liberty Bell. Inscribed on our Bell is a quote from Isiah, the same one that Ben Gurion used during the declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948.
Everyone in the city, in the country, are beautiful, gnarly olive trees. We could do a photographic study of olive trees that would fill a large album.