Jewish Religious Sites

The Ades Synagogue, (בית הכנסת עדס‎), also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, located in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, was established by Syrian immigrants in 1901. It is considered to be the center of Syrian Hazzanut in Israel.

Nebi Samwil – النبي صموئيل‎ is the site of a Biblical town and a Crusader fortress. A succession of buildings were erected at the top of the hill, which changed ...

The Shephelah of Judah. The Shephelah of Judah plays an important role as a buffer zone on Jerusalem’s western flank. Many biblical incidents, including those in the life of Samson ...

Jerusalem is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which include the Mount of Olives (East) and Mount Scopus (North East). ...

During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice. The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium ...

The Ark of the Covenant is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it ...

First pictures from Palestine 1900 – 1918 “First pictures from Palestine 1900 – 1918” can only be viewed on YouTube and cannot be embedded in our blot. However we recommend ...

Time Traveller – Jerusalem 1896 John L. Stoddard’s trip to Jerusalem back in the early to mid 1890’s. Music is Gladiator soundtrack. Amazing photographs of Jerusalem 1896 almost 125 years ...

Palestine Pilgrimage This “Palestine Pilgrimage” was created in the late 1920s or early 1930s by Philip M. Brown, “A Pilgrimage Through Palestine” borrows its title from a popular book first ...