Friday morning at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open air market: Local street-theater artist, "The Purple Man," freezes, until passersby drop a coin or two into his guitar case. They he plays for another 15-seconds, until he again goes rigid.
Last I heard the cops ran him off for drawing too big a crowd and causing a public disturbance [sigh].
Friday morning at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open air market: a beggar with a headset microphone and tambourine wishes passersby a good, peaceful Sabbath. (Dave Bender)
Ha. Haha. Like Friday shopping at Mahane Yehuda isn't a public disturbance, anyway...
Friday at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open air market, a veteran hawker sells trinkets from a rolling cart. (Dave Bender)
A hero of the Revolution now shops for Shabbat. (Dave Bender)
Just imagine the things this elderly Russian immigrant has seen in his lifetime, including what he experienced in the service of the Soviet Red Army in order to merit those battle pins and medallions.
Shabbat Shalom, and have a great weekend.
