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Tag: Old City

0 History Israel

Return to the Hurva

Toby Klein Greenwald in Jewish Action · 15 Aug

The Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, once destroyed by the Jordanians, has been rebuilt and restored to its former grandeur with a cost of NIS 40 million, funded by the Israeli government and private donors.

0 Israel Holidays

A day before Tisha B’Av, a large Jerusalem stone falls at the Western Wall

Louis Keene in Forward · 12 Aug

A piece of ancient Jerusalem stone, similar in size to a brick, fell from the Machkameh Wall onto the prayer area in front of the Western Wall on the day before Tisha B'Av, a day of Jewish mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem.

0 History Israel

When was Jerusalem reunified? #israel #war #history

Unpacked · 5 Jun

The video discusses the reunification of Jerusalem by Israel during the Six Day War in 1967.

0 History Music

A Golden Anniversary for “Jerusalem of Gold”

Akiva Shapiro in Lehrhaus · 15 May 2017

Naomi Shemer's iconic song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)" released in 1967 coincided with the momentous recapture of Jerusalem's Old City by Jewish forces, marking the first time in nearly two millennia that all of Jerusalem was under Jewish control.

0 Politics Israel

A Walk in Jerusalem

Matti Friedman in Jewish Review of Books · 28 Dec 2015

The text discusses the complex dynamics in Jerusalem as seen through the lens of a walk around the city.

0 Sports Culture

Meet the Jerusalem Old City Basketball Legend Known as Issa 6

Louie Lazar in Tablet · 2 May 2013

Issa Kassissieh, known as Issa 6, is a legendary figure in Jerusalem's Old City, hailed as the city's greatest basketball player.