Project Category: Jerusalem Community

On July 25, 1994, near the end of my summer term in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a momentous declaration to begin peace negotiations between the two countries. A week later, as we students were outside enjoying a barbecue dinner at the Jerusalem Center, a Jordanian airplane, accompanied by...

A few months into the summer of my study at the BYU Jerusalem Center, I went with a few friends to visit the Artist’s Colony just outside one of the gates of the old city. We’d heard reports that there wasn’t much to see there, but it was a gorgeous day and the park behind...