Need a coffee or a cold drink? Want to nasch fresh-baked pastry? When going shopping at Shouk Ramla-Lod (on Wednesdays), pull over to Tabun Hamizrach in Ramle. This is ...
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White Tower
The White Tower is not white. It takes its name from the nearby White Mosque built in the 8th century city which was destroyed by a huge earthquake. Only the ...
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The roofed underground Arches Pool reservoir, was built in 789, is the most significant Abbasid building in Israel. It is called the Pool of St. Helena who ordered it to be dug. ...
Read More »Karaite Community of Ramle
A tour of the The Universal Karaite Judaism Center in Ramle is like “travel in time” or digging up a time capsule from the Middle Ages. At one point in history, ...
Read More »The Great Mosque of Ramla
The Great Mosque of Ramla is the largest original and complete crusader church in Israel. Masjid al Omari means that a previous building was transformed into this mosque. The cathedral of John ...
Read More »Harry Potter is Buried in Ramla
No, the subject of this post is not J.K. Rowling’s hero, but a real-life Harry Potter. The real Harry Potter left his family’s home in Kidderminster to join the ...
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