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Jewish Sites in Jerusalem. Long before Christianity or Islam existed, Jerusalem was already holy to the Jews.
Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
The only remaining part of Herod's Temple is the holiest site in Judaism and functions as an open-air synagogue where prayers are constantly being said.
Hurva Square
Jewish Quarter
The main landmark of this square in the center of the Jewish Quarter is the arch of the ruined Hurva Synagogue.
Israel Museum
West Jerusalem
This large museum, opened in 1965, includes art exhibits, a Judaica Wing, an Archaeological Wing, and the Shrine of the Book, which is shaped to resemble the jars in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The Shrine contains the scrolls as well as finds from Masada.
Bible Lands Museum
West Jerusalem
This museum, opened in 1992, displays an incomparable collection of artifacts surrounding the ancient Judeo-Israelite world, including several pieces from early Christianity.
Hebrew University
West Jerusalem
This major international university includes an interesting synagogue and the Jewish National and University Library, with Jewish-themed stained-glass windows.
Mount Herzel and Herzel Museum
The cemetary includes the graves of Theodor Herzl, who predicted and worked for the founding of Israel until his death in 1904, and other important leaders.
Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art
West Jerusalem
Contains the reconstructed interior of an 18th-century synagogue near Venice and exhibits on Italian Jewish life from the Middle Ages to the present.
Ramban Synagogue
Jewish Quarter, Old City
This synagogue, founded by the great Spanish Rabbi Moses ben Mahman in the 1200s and moved to its current location around 1400, was the first Jewish presence in Jerusalem's Old City since the exile of 135 AD.
Sanhedrian Tombs
A three-story burial catacomb hewn from rock, where the judges of the Sanhedrin during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD are buried.
Tombs of the Kings (Tombeau des Rois)
Inside a small cave are four decorated sarcophagi containing the remains of Queen Helena, who converted to Judaism in 50 AD, and her family.
Tombs of the Prophets
Mount of Olives
This is believed to be the burial place of Haggai, Malachi, and Zechariah.
Underground Prisoners' Museum
West Jerusalem
This museum documents the prison conditions suffered by many who fought for Jewish immigration to British Mandate Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish state.
Wohl Archaeological Museum and Burnt House
Jewish Quarter
This museum preserves the recently rediscovered houses of the ancient Upper City, occupied by Jewish temple priests during the era of Herod the Great (37-4 BC).
Yad VaShem Memorial and Holocaust Museum
This powerful memorial features a wide range of artworks commemorating the suffering endured by Jews around the word during the Holocaust.
The only remaining part of Herod's Temple is the holiest site in Judaism and functions as an open-air synagogue where prayers are constantly being said.
Hurva Square
Jewish Quarter
The main landmark of this square in the center of the Jewish Quarter is the arch of the ruined Hurva Synagogue.
Israel Museum
West Jerusalem
This large museum, opened in 1965, includes art exhibits, a Judaica Wing, an Archaeological Wing, and the Shrine of the Book, which is shaped to resemble the jars in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The Shrine contains the scrolls as well as finds from Masada.
Bible Lands Museum
West Jerusalem
This museum, opened in 1992, displays an incomparable collection of artifacts surrounding the ancient Judeo-Israelite world, including several pieces from early Christianity.
Hebrew University
West Jerusalem
This major international university includes an interesting synagogue and the Jewish National and University Library, with Jewish-themed stained-glass windows.
Mount Herzel and Herzel Museum
The cemetary includes the graves of Theodor Herzl, who predicted and worked for the founding of Israel until his death in 1904, and other important leaders.
Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art
West Jerusalem
Contains the reconstructed interior of an 18th-century synagogue near Venice and exhibits on Italian Jewish life from the Middle Ages to the present.
Ramban Synagogue
Jewish Quarter, Old City
This synagogue, founded by the great Spanish Rabbi Moses ben Mahman in the 1200s and moved to its current location around 1400, was the first Jewish presence in Jerusalem's Old City since the exile of 135 AD.
Sanhedrian Tombs
A three-story burial catacomb hewn from rock, where the judges of the Sanhedrin during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD are buried.
Tombs of the Kings (Tombeau des Rois)
Inside a small cave are four decorated sarcophagi containing the remains of Queen Helena, who converted to Judaism in 50 AD, and her family.
Tombs of the Prophets
Mount of Olives
This is believed to be the burial place of Haggai, Malachi, and Zechariah.
Underground Prisoners' Museum
West Jerusalem
This museum documents the prison conditions suffered by many who fought for Jewish immigration to British Mandate Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish state.
Wohl Archaeological Museum and Burnt House
Jewish Quarter
This museum preserves the recently rediscovered houses of the ancient Upper City, occupied by Jewish temple priests during the era of Herod the Great (37-4 BC).
Yad VaShem Memorial and Holocaust Museum
This powerful memorial features a wide range of artworks commemorating the suffering endured by Jews around the word during the Holocaust.
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