I took these photos during the BFL shabbaton in Jerusalem. We were given a tour of a small community just outside the old city of Jerusalem. When Cholera broke out, people saw that no one was affected in this community, and so began the migration beyond the city walls.
This fountain was designed in Germany by a German architect. Apparently, when the government went to send a bill for the work the Israeli's said, what are you talking about, this is a gift from the German government. And so the commissioned work became a gift.
The artist had an idea of incorporating symbolism with a beautiful and very naked aryan looking female with long blond hair on top of the fountain. But being jerusalem, that was vetoed. He still managed to get his way, if you look closely at the picture below of one of the ducks which are around the base, you can see a long golden braid of hair and a pair of breasts.
No photo of it, but there is also a lion and between his paws is a mouse reminding us of the story of the lion that allowed the mouse, his prey to run free on the promise he would help him someday, and then when the lion was caught in a trap, the mouse chewed through and freed him. Even our smallest ally can help us - I see it as a personal message to the United States, a reminder of the importance of Israel to their own existence.
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