Tamar Wisemon of The Jerusalem Post explores the Yemenite community in the Shiloah Valley, below the City of David in Jerusalem. The first Yemenite Jews settled there in the 1880s.
"Only the most determined of drivers
Tamar Wisemon of The Jerusalem Post explores the Yemenite community in the Shiloah Valley, below the City of David in Jerusalem. The first Yemenite Jews settled there in the 1880s.
"Only the most determined of drivers will edge through the tight maze of one-way streets to reach this inconspicuous, rundown alley tucked away in the heart of one of the city's oldest and poorest neighborhoods; most people park elsewhere and enter on foot.
"When I first began to work at Ezrat Avot, I didn't pay much attention to the name. I assumed it was simply a Hebrew word that I was not acquainted with. After months of spelling out the street name while giving directions to the senior citizen organization, I realized that even sabras have no idea of what Tarmab is. My curiosity was aroused.
"Last Pessah