Israel in Watercolors
The Western Wall is the place in Jerusalem where Jews pray for the restoration of the Temple (Psalm 122).
All the paintings featured in the 2009 calendar were painted by art professor Cathy Cotter-Smith of www.cathycotter-smith.com.
| The Tower of David | Church of the Visitation | ||
| The Tower of David | |||
| Church of the Visitation |
An Orthodox Jew announces the beginning of a new year with the blowing of a shofar. Psalm 81 commands: "Blow the shofar at the new moon, at the full moon, […]
The oldest preserved gate in the Old City wall, this arch below Damascus Gate survives intact from the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian in AD 135. Originally Hadrian's gate […]
The Church of the Visitation is located in Ein Kerem on the outskirts of Jerusalem, where Mary visited Elizabeth (Luke 1:39ff).
All the paintings featured in the 2009 calendar were […]
The central and largest gate on the northern wall of the Old City, the Damascus Gate gets its name from the destination of the road leading north. Israelis call this […]
