We knew that Baka’a was a neighborhood rich in diverse groups, hailing from all over the world. Now, it is indeed, a neighborhood of many colors.
Neighborhood of Many Colors
On Wednesday, April 27, parents and children, religious and not, speaking multiple languages, decorated a local park on Lipschitz St. with beautiful signs of tolerance. Let’s let the pictures tell the story:
Starting with a blank canvas
There were many kinds of participants, of many ages:
Many kinds of participants
To each one, tolerance meant something different. It could mean this:
One view of tolerance
Or this:
A different view
Or this:
All you need is love
But in the end, all these different expressions of tolerance shared the same space:
Tolerance throughout the park
The Baka’a Tolerance Team is part of a citywide network of Tolerance Teams that aim to promote pluralism and acceptance of the ‘other’ throughout Jerusalem, supported by the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jerusalem Foundation.
