The wailing wall

I was surprised to find the enclosed portion of the western wall completely renovated including the new floors, women's balcony, bookcases and the arks. Jerusalem is architecturally dictatorial city, insisting on the monotonous stone finish, stagnating the introduction of the new building materials and bound to the archaic construction methods of the cheap labor. So what does it do? It takes its most significant landmark and barbarically renovates it in a completely foreign style of wood and metal, perhaps appropriate for a suburban conservative temple in Philadelphia. The cornices developed by Greeks and the curvatures perfected in the European baroque churches have been unceremoniously plunged against the mournful stones.

The shnoras has gotten more aggressive, they attack you with the physiological profiling, guessing your age and the number of children in need of urgent blessings.

The money trail leads to the Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk and its president Gennady Bogolubov. Let me say it one more time, the fact that Chabad of Denpropetrovsk managed to divert badly needed funds from Boston with the help of CJP is a scandal. The so called self appointed "shluchim" in Boston who instead of condemning facilitate the diversion are now finding themselves on the other side of the barrier of truth.

The video taking, nauseating Bar Mitzvas at the Kotel, like this Buchari one, are tediously staged.

I have seen this enough times to take a note of it. Past middle aged men are going around with the peculiar ponytail braids.