WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.340 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.340 --> 00:00:05.550 align:middle line:84% This next poem-- you probably all 00:00:05.550 --> 00:00:10.620 align:middle line:84% know that Jerusalem has no sea and no river, 00:00:10.620 --> 00:00:15.090 align:middle line:90% which we all miss very much. 00:00:15.090 --> 00:00:17.310 align:middle line:90% But we have the desert right-- 00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:18.420 align:middle line:90% this city. 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:20.790 align:middle line:84% And, sometimes, if you overlook the desert, 00:00:20.790 --> 00:00:22.620 align:middle line:90% it really looks like waves. 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:26.480 align:middle line:90% 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:30.050 align:middle line:84% "Jerusalem-- port city on the shores 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:35.990 align:middle line:84% of eternity, the holy mount is a huge ship, a luxurious pleasure 00:00:35.990 --> 00:00:37.220 align:middle line:90% liner. 00:00:37.220 --> 00:00:42.770 align:middle line:84% From the port holds of a western wall, happy saints look out. 00:00:42.770 --> 00:00:47.480 align:middle line:84% Travelers, Hasidim on the dock, wave goodbye, 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:50.580 align:middle line:84% shout hurrah, till we meet again. 00:00:50.580 --> 00:00:54.620 align:middle line:84% She's always arriving, always sailing. 00:00:54.620 --> 00:00:58.040 align:middle line:84% And the gates and policemen and flags 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:01.640 align:middle line:84% and high masts of churches and mosques 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.489 align:middle line:84% and the smokestacks of synagogues 00:01:04.489 --> 00:01:09.380 align:middle line:84% and the boats of praise and waves of mountains. 00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:15.740 align:middle line:84% The sound of sirens horn is heard still another sailed. 00:01:15.740 --> 00:01:19.580 align:middle line:84% Day of atonement sailors in white uniforms 00:01:19.580 --> 00:01:25.610 align:middle line:84% climbed among letters and robes of seasoned prayers 00:01:25.610 --> 00:01:30.380 align:middle line:84% and to trade at the gates and the gold domes. 00:01:30.380 --> 00:01:35.170 align:middle line:90% Jerusalem is a Venice of God." 00:01:35.170 --> 00:01:36.000 align:middle line:90%