New City, Jerusalem, ISRAEL



ISRAEL Overview

Capital city : Jerusalem
Official language : Hebrew, Arabic
Ethnic groups : 74.8% Jewish,  20.8% Arab,  4.4% other (2016)
Religion : 74.8% Jewish,  17.6% Muslim,  2.0% Christian(Messianic Jews incl.),  1.6% Druze, 4.0% other
Area : 20,770km2  (22,072km incl. Gaza, Westbank, Golan)    *Berlin : 891.7km2 (Germany : 357,168km2) / Seoul : 605.21km(South Korea : 100,210km2)
Population : 8,772,060 (2017)   *Berlin : 3,670,622 (Germany : 82,349,400) / Seoul : 9,914,381 (South Korea : 51,446,210)




JAFFO Street, main street in the downtown of the New City (outside of the old city)
 & Sukkot(booths)



Central Bus Station













  




  


  





  


  











Mea she'arim 


Mea She'arim is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem(located right outside of the old city). It is populated by Haredi Jews. Haredi Judaism is a broad spectrum of groups within Orthodox Judaism(strictly Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox), all characterized by a rejection of modern secular culture.










  
Wall posters, prefered method to announce in Mea she'arim.


Shops for jewish holiday supplies


Candlesticks, Two handled cups, etc.


Kippas






Driving a car is forbidden during the holidays except public transportations.
(On the first&last day of the holiday, all kinds of cars are forbidden. public transportations incl.)




















Machane Yehudah Market



Arabic sweets


Challah, the traditional bread for the jewish sabbath and holidays.


Etrog, the yellow citron used by Jews during the Sukkot, as one of the four species(lulav, hadass, aravah and etrog).


Etrog juice


Yo'el Moshe Salomon Street, where many art shops are

    






Central Post Office, completed in 1938






Synagogue, Kehilat Moreshet Yisrael, where I stayed and took part in the Sabbath on Friday evening.
http://www.moreshetyisrael.org/







Residential Area






Opening hours of a supermarket
Sunday ~ Tuseday : 08.00 ~ 22.00
Wednesday : 08.00 ~ 23.00
Thursday : 08.00 ~ 24.00
Friday(sabbath begins) : 07.00 ~ 15.00
Saturday(sabbath ends) : 20.00 ~ 22.30













Central Bus Station


In the bus, heading to Tel-Aviv