24h Jerusalem

The "Ben Gurion" airport between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is Israel's most important gateway to the world, because the way across the territory of their Arab neighbors is blocked to Israelis. It's 6 p.m. Comedian Yisrael Campbell has traveled a long way. Before his conversion to Judaism, the strictly Orthodox entertainer was called Chris and lived in the United States. Now he is returning from a tour in his old homeland to his new home in Jerusalem. Hairdresser Musa Kawasmi creates a bride's wedding hairstyle while chatting with customers about the sexual morals of times past. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Pastor Michael Wohlrab baptizes the daughter of a German couple. The new parents work in Ramallah, in the Palestinian territories. The Church of the Ascension was completed in 1914, financed by German donations. The Kaiser donated the land. No one knows how many Christian pilgrims make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher each year. It marks the place where the tomb of Jesus Christ is said to have been.