In 1994 I had made a two week journey to Pakistan which I was doing for my own prefessional development as an RE teacher at Pollard Park Middle School in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
I wanted to follow that up by visiting Jerusalem in order to see the three Semitic faiths in close proximity and to video/ photograph the major religious sites. I knew that going to Israel would furnish me with a great deal more knowledge and provide superb classroom resources to use at school.
I have to say how very right I was. Although I could only fit in six days at October Half-Term 1995, this journey was one of the most memorable, atmospheric and spiritually moving of my entire life.
The Old City Of Jerusalem is barely one mile square but there is enough history and religion to grip the pilgrim/religious tourist easily with other very important sites at Bethlehem and Yad Vashem being very close by.
Of course there is no major airport in Jerusalem so the visitor must come via Ben Gurion International Near Tel Aviv.
In fact we made the trip from Manchester to Amsterdam and then on to Tel Aviv with KLM.
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