German Colony and a Violin Lesson

House on Hovevei Zion Street

Michelle and I took a nice walk around the German Colony neighborhood, although it is still pretty hot in Jerusalem. We started on Hovevei Zion Street, named for the Lovers of Zion movement of the late 1800's, a precursor of the modern Zionist movement. Gorgeous old homes on this street and Martin Buber lived at number 3.

The German Colony is near where we are living and was founded by German settlers in 1874. They were transferred to internment camps by the British during WWII and many immigrated to Australia after the war.

On 9/1 I had my first Klezmer violin lesson with Lior Kaminetsky, a fine violinist from an old Jerusalem family.  Check him out on this link:

http://www.liorviolin.com/site/detail/detail/detailDetail.asp?detail_id=500934&depart_id=31252

Water Pump from Original German Colony on Emek Refaim