The Jerusalem Light Festival has returned once again. For the next week and a half, the Old City will play host to spectacular light and sound exhibits. This is the fourth time that the city of Jerusalem has hosted this event, which last year saw almost 250,000 visitors. Even more are expected this year. Last night a large crowd gathered by the Festival’s entrance, Jaffa Gate, more than half an hour before it opened. Many visitors clamored to take pictures of the big, colorful arbor that had been erected at …More

Let there be light (in Jerusalem) A quarter million people flocked to the recent Light Festival that imaginatively brightened the Old City after dark. The third annual Jerusalem Light Festival (www.lightinjerusalem.org.il), held in and around Jerusalem's Old City, proved a popular early summer destination. Some 250,000 people came to see exhibits inspired by light festivals around the world. Artistic director Eduardo Hubscher took advantage of the city's nighttime romantic spirit to stage 24 major works of …More