Jerusalem Notebook: Terrorism's Unseen Wounds

A few days ago, a visiting friend and I walked through Jerusalem’s Mamilla Mall, up some steep stairs and through the Old City’s Jaffa Gate. We both had some gift shopping to do, and we had decided to pick up some pottery and other items in the Christian Quarter’s shops.
Of course, thanks to the present wave of stabbings, we thought twice about our destination. But we went anyway.