What is it like to grow up in the Old City? Who are your ancient neighbores, and what treasured can you find in your back yard?
I grew up in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it was a very different place than it is today. The tourism industry as well as the food industry, have grown to a point the old city I remember is almost unrecognizable. Today, “Hezekiah’s Wall” or the “Broad Wall” is a paid site with a media center. When I grew up, and until very recently, it was accessibly only to those who know how to get there, and are daring. In this short vide, filmed by a childhood friend who also grew up here, we take you behind the scenes – showing you how to climb on the wall renegade style!
Come join a private insider’s view of the 2,700 year old wall, underneath my house in the Old City of Jerusalem. I’ll show you how we climbed the wall as children, tell you about the scary neighbor, and read the verses about this well – while sitting on it.
And another video
Want to see some more? Enjoy these videos
Video 1: Exclusive Look at King Hezekiah’s “Broad Wall” in Jerusalem.
The guide is R Yoel, whom I also know from the Old City.
Video 2: The Broad Wall of Ancient Jerusalem – with Doron Spielman
by Megalim Institute (The City of David’s educational department)
Originally published on LinkedIn, January 29, 2018.
