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Devorah Lev-Tov is a New York City-based writer and editor with 20 years' experience. As an accomplished journalist, she writes about food, travel, luxury, family, wellness, and lifestyle for multiple publications including The New York Times, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, and the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of the recently published 150 Spas You Need to Visit Before You Die. An ex-pat from the publishing world, she was an illustrated nonfiction book editor, with expertise in developmental editing and cookbook/recipe editing. She's eaten her way through North, Central, and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and much of the United States. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.
One of the prettiest neighborhoods in Jeruslam is called Yemin Moshe. It also happens to be the one of the oldest: it was the first neighborhood established outside the Old City walls, back in 1830. It's charecterized by it's iconic windmill and views of the Old City. Now it's full of wealthy people who have beautiful homes and gorgeous gardens. We took a walk there and came away with some beautiful pictures. Enjoy! [slideshow]
After a week of staying somewhere different almost every night, we finally landed at my sister Adina and her husband Dudu's cute apartment in Jerusalem, in the Katamon neighborhood. They moved here back in May and seem to be enjoying their first real home (outside of Africa!) together. While we were there it was the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Feast of the Tabernacles), where families build and decorate small huts (sukkahs) and eat all their meals in them. These huts symbolize the huts the Jews lived in when they wandered in the desert after leaving Egypt until they got to Israel. Adina and Dudu had a great little sukkah that we enjoyed eating and spending time in. Dudu loves to cook and he's very good at it. He made amazing challah bread and lots of yummy "salatim" (Israeli salads) for the holiday.
Aside from lots of eating, we did find time to explore the city. I've always loved the Old City; it seems there's always a lot going on and something new to discover. We went to the Kotel (Wailing Wall) and walked through the Arab market. We also did the Ramparts Walk, which allows you to walk along the city's walls. It was great to see the city from that vantage point and fascinating to know you're walking along some pretty old stones!
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