At night, Jerusalem the golden becomes Jerusalem the magical
Dozens of historic and magnificent sites, the Old City walls prominent among them, are artistically lit from dusk to dawn
View ArticleOn the east-west shadowline: Jerusalem’s municipal complex
From Safra Square to Paratroopers Road, the area is an open book whose pages reveal fascinating phases in the city’s modern history
View ArticleBetween east and west: Jerusalem’s No-Man’s Land
In November of ’48, Moshe Dayan and his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah a-Tal marked up a map. They didn’t intend to divide the city in two
View ArticleTranquil dwellings: The story of Mishkenot Sha’ananim
A New Orleans merchant bequeathed $60,000 to the Holy Land and chose Sir Moses Montefiore as his executor. The result: the first modern Jewish neighborhood outside the Old City
View ArticleFrom Russia with love from the tzar’s brother
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovitch built the Russian Compound in the late 1800’s for the pilgrims who were swarming to Jerusalem. Then the revolutionaries got him
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