Jerusalem Trees

• When teachers who had moved to the new neighborhood of Zichron Moshe (http://www.blogger.com/(http://www.jerusalemshots.com/cat_en42.html ) wanted to plant trees (so the story goes), neighbors protested that trees needed watering and water would bring mosquitoes. The trees flourished. The municipality keeps after the mosquitoes.
• Like many places with "Moshe" in their name, the area is not named for the Moses of the Bible but for the philanthropist Moses Montefiore (http://www.sirmoses.org.uk/history.htm), who cotributed to housing and industry in the Land of Israel. They say that friends had collected money to build a memorial to him. At aged 90, Sir Moses asked why they weren’t putting the money to use. They started building while he was alive. He lived to age 101.

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox