Jewish Quarter

Welcome to the Jewish Quarter - restored 1967-1983	Jewish Quarter Street, Jerusalem-Old City	Jewish Quarter Street, Jerusalem-Old City	Jewish Quarter Street, Jerusalem-Old City
Shalom - Peace	Silver Jewelry with Jewish themes - Stars of David, Menorahs, etc	Jerusalem gift shop	Jewish headgear - yarmulke or kippah - NIS 25
Jewish headgear - yarmulke or kippah	Jerusalem plates - 15 NIS	Minaret in the Jewish Quarter	Minaret of a disused mosque in the Jewish Quarter
JerusalemMay10 0166.jpg	The Hurva Synagogue, a ruin until reconstruction, recently completed (Mar 2010)	Hurva Synagogue tours - advance reservations required	Jewish Quarter plaque - 7 Hurva
History of the Beit Yaakov Synagogue - the Rabbi Yehuda Hasid Ruin (Hurva)	The Cardo, 6th Century Byzantine Main Street, Jerusalem	The remains of the Cardo Maximus were discovered when the Jewish Quarter was excavated in 1969	The War of Independence Memorial - Jewish Quarter
Israeli flags, ever-present in the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem	Israeli flags, ever-present in the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem	Israeli flag, Tif-eret Israel St	Judaica shop, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem
The Burnt House Museum - Beit Katros, Jewish Quarter	Israeli police barrier, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem	JerusalemMay10 0184.jpg	The Wohl Torah Centre, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem
The Wohl Torah Centre, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem	Herodian Quarter - the Wohl Archaeological Museum	Moriah Jewish Media Superstore at the Wohl Torah Center	Moriah - the Jewish Media Superstore, Misgav Ladach
Replica of the Golden Menorah, lost with the destruction of the Second Temple, 70 AD	Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall	Western Wall Plaza	You are approaching the holy site of the Western Wall where the Divine Presence always rests
On the Sabbath and Jewish festivals, smoking, photography and cell-phone use are strictly forbidden	Visiting the Western Wall Tunnels by prior appointment only	Chain of Generations Center by advance reservation only - I see a trend...	Passageway between the Western Wall Plaza and Bab al-Silsila St in the Muslim Quarter
Way to the Western Wall from the Muslim Quarter	The Western Wall of Herod's Second Temple, all that remains after the Sack of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD	Israeli flag over Western Wall Plaza with the Dome of the Rock and the Fakhriyya Minaret	Western Wall Plaza, Jewish Quater, Jerusalem-Old City
The Western Wall (Wailing Wall), segregated into men's and women's sections	Western Wall Plaza at night (open 24-7)	The Western Wall built by Herod the Great around 19 BC	187 ft of the Western Wall is open to the plaza.
The replica of the Menorah of the Second Temple	Gold Star Dark Lager Beer, the best Israeli beer I had	Mosaic wall - The Oil Press Art Gallery, Jewish Quarter St, Jerusalem	Mosaic wall - The Oil Press Art Gallery, Jewish Quarter St, Jerusalem
Jewish Quarter along Western Wall Plaza	Steps leading up into the Jewish Quarter from Western Wall Plaza	Entrance to Western Wall Plaza - Men to the left, women to the right (to Dome of the Rock, further right in unmarked lane...)	Aish Hatorah World Center - Dan Family of Canada Building, overlooking Western Wall Plaza
Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem	Western Wall Plaza	Western Wall Plaza	Men praying at the Western Wall, the most sacred site in Judaism
Morning at the Western Wall	Jewish men in prayer shawls praying at the Western Wall	The Western Wall, Jerusalem	הכותל המערבי
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park south of Temple Mount	The Jerusalem Archaeological Park south of Temple Mount	Two Israeli soldiers in front of the Jerusalem Archaeological Park with the dome of the Al Aqsa Mosque in the background	Israel Defense Force soldiers taking part in some kind of ceremony at the Western Wall
IDF military ceremony at the Western Wall	Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall	Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall	Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall
IDF military ceremony at the Western Wall	Female Israeli soldiers participating in a military ceremony at the Western Wall	Female Israeli soldiers participating in a military ceremony at the Western Wall	Israeli flag in front of the Western Wall
Israeli soldiers, Western Wall	Israeli military ceremony at the Western Wall (with unloaded M-16s)	Israeli soldiers, Western Wall	IDF military ceremony at the Western Wall
IDF military ceremony at the Western Wall	The Western Wall, 62 ft high (plus 43 more feet underground)	Orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall	After the Jewish Revolt, the Romans allowed Jews to visit Jerusalem only once a year
Prayers written on scraps of paper wedged between the stones of the Western Wall	Notes to God	Passage to the north of the open-air portion of the Western Wall	Hebrew books at the Western Wall arcade
Western Wall arcade	Western Wall arcade - men only	Western Wall arcade	Western Wall arcade
The Western Wall	Jews received official recognition of the right to pray at the Western Wall from Suleiman the Magnificient ca 1560	The Plaza took its present form after 1967 when a residential area in front of the wall was demolishedl	At the Western Wall
Israeli soldiers praying at the Western Wall	Orthodox Jew at the Western Wall	Soldiers, children and a policeman praying at the Western Wall	Israel Police, Jerusalem
Heading into the Jewish Quarter from the Muslim Quarter	Jewish Quarter