November 2021 – Page 3 of 3

Hi,

The first thing you think about when I hear the name Abu Kabir is the detention center. (That my friend Tiron was almost taken to when he caught smoking on a alley when we were waiting to get in to the Mossad club).
But then you think about you realize it is not only the detention center.

There is also the forensic institute of Abu Kabir, the only one in Israel. Lucky me I don’t have personal interest in it but Atzva family and others religious are mad of them as the idea of autopsies is against Judaism.

After this what comes across my mind are the cheap clothing shop Ima used to buy us cloths when we were kids, and she now buys for Jannaeus and Mindal.

Only now, after spending two mornings in the neighborhood we saw there are a bit more stuff in it.

It used to be a poverty neighborhood of Jaffa, and was abandoned during the War of Independence, when it was area of many combats.

Now it mostly holds some interesting places, apart from the above.

First is the Saint Peter and Saint Tabitha Russian Orthodox Church, which its high tower rise above the area. We did not got in, not because we did not want to, we just did not catch the hours.

Most important for us were the Nature Gardens next to the church (ecological botanic garden). In some Sabbath mornings there are family activities by Bina, but just walking around with the kids is a nice activity.The gardens are part of the Nature school.

Take Care
Gad

Abu Kabir detention center

The far building is where the Mossad club was

Clothing shop

The tower of Saint Peter and Saint Tabitha Russian Orthodox Church

A neighborhood house ruins in the playground next to the church. The area will become residential again, when a plan to built thousands of apartments was approved.