BEIT SAHOUR – During the fall, the ELCJHL schools pick olives and visit olive presses as part of their learning. On Wednesday, October 29th, 2014, The ELS Beit Sahour kindergarten visited an olive press in Beit Sahour to learn more about how olive oil is made.
JERUSALEM – The Al-Mahaba Kindergarten stepped out of their door and into the olive grove to do some picking. The students will then brine the olives and get to take a jar home for their families. Take a look at all the fun we had!
JERUSALEM/BETHLEHEM, November 11, 2011 – On October 29th, Palestinians from Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, along with international visitors, gathered in Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to celebrate the 11th Annual Olive Harvest Festival. The tradition of the Olive Harvest Festival began as an initiative of the … [Read more…]
Children from the ELCJHL Al-Mahaba Kindergarten olives recently joined in the olive harvest on the Mount of Olives. After picking them, they pounded them and placed them in salt water to make them edible.
Dark skies and rain didn’t stop the Sixth Annual Olive Harvest Festival in Bethlehem Saturday, October 28th, in Manger Square. The festival is sponsored by the ELCJHL’s Environmental Education Center, the Bethlehem Peace Center, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the East Jerusalem YMCA. Marking the harvest of the Palestinian traditional olive harvest, Palestinians … [Read more…]