Olive Harvest at Tantur: the Movie!

I added one photo to the blog entry I posted just a few days ago, a picture of the olives as they lay on that cement floor, waiting to be winnowed from the leaves and twigs. But now, I also got a “movie” — 33 seconds of fast-motion video recording of workers doing the harvest. I thought I’d create a new blog for this — partly because the size of the file is very large, and I hope this works! But also because this way, all of you who subscribe will get a notice that something new is posted! Don’t worry, the beginning and end look like they’re upside down, but the film plays right-side up!

The video clip belongs to Allyson Van Maaren,  whose husband John is one of the doctoral fellows at Tantur, and the film shows both Allyson and her daughter Amanda helping. Allyson is climbing trees, while 15-month old Amanda is inspecting the soil!

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Author: kathleenschatzberg

I'm a writer, an educator -- 45 years in education, 35 of them in community colleges -- and a lifelong advocate for justice (community colleges are, in fact, instruments of social justice). I have always been passionate about learning, traveling, and understanding the world's religions and political systems. This "Crossroads" blog offers my reflections on living for 7 months as a volunteer at Tantur Ecumenical Institute. On a hill in Jerusalem, within sight of Bethlehem, Tantur hosts students, scholars, and seeker for interfaith engagement and theological and biblical study.

4 thoughts on “Olive Harvest at Tantur: the Movie!”

    1. I found out that Allyson got the video footage — AND had herself in the video, climbing trees and shaking out the olives — by propping her smart phone on a nearby rock! Amazing! She also told me that Amanda is not just “inspecting the soil” as I speculated, but she has taken a liking to plucking the leaves and stems from the olives — she’s actually (at 15 months) helping to accomplish the olive harvest, the winnowing part before the olives go to the press.

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  2. Thank you, Kathy, for continuing to share this new adventure of your life. It truly is spirit filled and I look forward to your future sharing of life in Jerusalem. Love, Gini Waterman-Casey.

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