Jerusalem wurde wieder umarmt! Danke Euch allen! *** The Jerusalem Hug was again. Thanks to all of you!
Eliyahu McLean: Seventh annual Jerusalem Hug event was a success yesterday. Opening circle next to Old City walls, between New and Damascus Gates: healing meditations led by shamans from Mexico and Japan, blessings by Dvora Pearlman, Rabbi Shaul Yitkavitch, Sheikh Muhammad Usta, Syrian Orthodox father Abuna Moshe, Haj Ibrahim Abuelhawa, Rabbi Yaakov Nagen of Otneil yeshiva and more. We stretched in a human chain for a silent prayer, went up to 'Hug' the walls then led by Eyal Davidov's drums weaved along walls to Damascus Gate. There friends from Hebron and Balata camp spoke and I led a chant "Allah-hu Akbar, HaShalom Yenatzeach" (in memory of Rabbi Froman), with music and prayers with local Palestinians and Israeli police and soldiers looking on. We closed with a drum circle led by Eyal at top of Old City walls and healing music circle with Palestinians from Hebron, Bethlehem, and Ramallah dancing with Israelis and international friends...
