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 |
In 1898 the Crusader-era moat immediately south (left) of Jaffa Gate was filled in and the Old City wall removed. In the gap a road was constructed in order to […]
The rabbi with the Book prays next to the soldier with the gun. The scene is reminiscent of a passage in Nehemiah 4:17 where it says that the people who […]
The Church of the Ark of the Covenant marks the site in Kiriath-Jearim of the house of Abinadab where the Ark was stored (1 Samuel 7).
All the paintings featured […]
A lonely Orthodox Jew oversees the conduct at the Western Wall, making sure that worshipers observe all the rules. For example, men and women must pray at separate sections of […]
