{"id":24524,"date":"2017-05-26T03:43:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T10:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=24524"},"modified":"2017-05-24T18:02:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:02:34","slug":"this-week-in-israel-may-2617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2017\/05\/26\/this-week-in-israel-may-2617\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Israel &#8230; May 26\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump lay a wreath during a visit to Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, on May 23. <em>(photo from IGPO via Ashernet)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24497\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.2-278W6-Jerusalem-celebrating-50-years-of-reunification.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.2-278W6-Jerusalem-celebrating-50-years-of-reunification.jpg\" alt=\"photo - On May 21, Israel celebrated 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem. The images projected on the Old City Wall were part of the festivities\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.2-278W6-Jerusalem-celebrating-50-years-of-reunification.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.2-278W6-Jerusalem-celebrating-50-years-of-reunification-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.2-278W6-Jerusalem-celebrating-50-years-of-reunification-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On May 21, Israel celebrated 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem. The images projected on the Old City Wall were part of the festivities. <em>(photo from Ashernet)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24527\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.3-277C5-Jerusalem_Emek-Refaim_Alliance-Church-International-Cemetery_Garden-of-Eden_Mural-by-Partricia-Solveson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.3-277C5-Jerusalem_Emek-Refaim_Alliance-Church-International-Cemetery_Garden-of-Eden_Mural-by-Partricia-Solveson.jpg\" alt=\"photo - A mural by Patricia Solveson depicting the Garden of Eden adorns the wall of the Alliance Church International Cemetery in Jerusalem\u2019s Emek Refaim neighbourhood, also known as the German Colony because, in the latter part of the 19th century, many German Templers lived in this part of the city\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.3-277C5-Jerusalem_Emek-Refaim_Alliance-Church-International-Cemetery_Garden-of-Eden_Mural-by-Partricia-Solveson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.3-277C5-Jerusalem_Emek-Refaim_Alliance-Church-International-Cemetery_Garden-of-Eden_Mural-by-Partricia-Solveson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/may-26-toc.26.3-277C5-Jerusalem_Emek-Refaim_Alliance-Church-International-Cemetery_Garden-of-Eden_Mural-by-Partricia-Solveson-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural by Patricia Solveson depicting the Garden of Eden adorns the wall of the Alliance Church International Cemetery in Jerusalem\u2019s Emek Refaim neighbourhood, also known as the German Colony because, in the latter part of the 19th century, many German Templers lived in this part of the city. <em>(photo from Ashernet)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump lay a wreath during a visit to Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, on May 23. 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