Jerusalem Jerusalem Mount Herzl, in Hebrew Har Hertzel, is a high hill-top in Jerusalem, Israel that is named for, and is the final resting place of, Theodor Herzl, considered to be the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Herzl"
The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: Har HaZeitim הר הזיתים, sometimes Jebel et-Tur, "Mount of the Summit," or Jebel ez-Zeitun, "Mount of Olives") is a mountain ridge to the east of Jerusalem. It is named from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed. At the foot of the mountain is the Gardens of Gethsemane where Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives is the site of many important Biblical events. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount of Olives"
Mount Scopus ( Hebrew הַר הַצּוֹפִים, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ; Arabic جبل المشارف , جبل المشهد , جبل الصوانة ) is a mountain in East Jerusalem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mount Scopus"
My Michael is a novel written in Hebrew by the Israeli author Amos Oz, published in 1968, and translated into about thirty languages. It has also been adapted into a movie, in Hebrew. The Bertelsmann publishing house named it among the one hundred best novels of the 20th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "My Michael (book)"
* Biblical Hebrew שלם š-l-m "whole", "complete" (possibly in the idiomatic sense of "at peace") ...more on Wikipedia about "Names of Jerusalem"
The New Gate ( Arabic: Bab al-Jedid) is the most recently built gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls built in 1887 to provide easier access to the Christian Quarter. It is also called the Gate of Hammid after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The gate is located in the north-western part of the wall and faces north. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Gate (Jerusalem)"
Ophel - hill; mound, the long, narrow, rounded promontory on the ...more on Wikipedia about "Ophel" The article you are reading is from http://www.shortopedia.com
*"For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning . If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof; O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us." (Psalms 137:3-8) ( King James Version, with italics for words not in the original Hebrew) ...more on Wikipedia about "Religious significance of Jerusalem"
The Rockefeller Museum, (original name: The Palestine Archaeological Museum) located in northeast of Jerusalem, houses a vast collection of regional archeology unearthed in excavations conducted in the country mainly during the time of the British Mandate ( 1919- 1948). The museum opened in 1938. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rockefeller Museum"
The Room of the Last Supper marks the traditional location for the Last Supper, or Jesus' last meal with his disciples. It lies in the second floor of a building on Mount Zion, in Jerusalem, just outside the Dormition Church behind the Franciscan house on Sion, and south of the Zion Gate in the Old City walls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Room of the Last Supper"
The Seven Hills of Jerusalem is a claim that like the Rome, Jerusalem is built on seven hills. However, some sources vigorously refute this claim. This discussion revolves around different interpretations of the Christian Book of Revelation, 17:9. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seven hills of Jerusalem"
The Shiloah inscription is an ancient Hebrew inscription located in King Hezekiah's tunnel in Jerusalem. Discovered in 1880, the inscription records the construction of the tunnel in the 8th century BCE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shiloah inscription"
The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple ( Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Bet HaMikdash) was built in ancient Jerusalem in c. 10th century BCE and was the center of Israelite Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. It was located on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. It was the center of ancient Judaism and has remained as a focal point for Jewish services over the millennia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Temple in Jerusalem"
The Temple Mount ( Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת (without niqqud: הר הבית), Har haBáyit) or Noble Sanctuary ( Arabic: الحرم الشريف, ) is a hotly contested religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Temple Mount"
The Golden Gate is the oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. It was probably built in the 520s CE, as part of Justinian I's building program in Jerusalem, on top of the ruins of an earlier gate in the wall. An alternate theory holds that it was built in the later part of the 7th century by Byzantine artisans employed by the Umayyad khalifs. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Golden Gate"
The Jaffa Gate is a stone portal in the historic walls of Jerusalem's Old City; it is one of eight gates in Jerusalem's Old City walls. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Jaffa Gate"
The Ticho House (בית טיכו) museum is located in one of the first houses in Jerusalem built outside the Old City Walls at the end of the nineteenth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ticho House"
The Tower of David is Jerusalem's " citadel", a historical and archaeological site of world importance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tower of David"
Tyropoeon Valley (i.e., "Valley of the Cheesemakers") is the name given by Josephus the historian to the valley or rugged ravine which in ancient times separated Mount Moriah from Mount Zion. This valley, now filled up with a vast accumulation of rubbish, and almost a plain, was spanned by bridges, the most noted of which was Zion Bridge, which was probably the ordinary means of communication between the royal palace on Zion and the temple. A fragment of the arch of this bridge (called "Robinson's Arch"), where it projects from the sanctuary wall, was discovered by Edward Robinson in 1839. This arch was destroyed by the Romans when Jerusalem was taken. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tyropoeon Valley"
Uri Lupolianski (born 1951) is the current mayor of Jerusalem. He is a member of the United Torah Judaism party and is the first Haredi Jewish person to be elected to the position of mayor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uri Lupolianski"
Via Dolorosa ( Latin for "Way of Grief") is a street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Traditionally, it is held to be the path that Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion, although this is uncertain. It is marked by nine of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. The last five stations are inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Via Dolorosa" My way is shortopedia
Well of Souls can mean several things: ...more on Wikipedia about "Well of Souls"
The Western Wall ( Hebrew: הכותל המערבי HaKotel HaMa'aravi), or simply The Kotel, is a retaining wall from the time of the Jewish Second Temple. It is sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall, or as the al-Buraq Wall, in a mix of English and Arabic. The Temple was the most sacred building in Judaism. Herod the Great built vast retaining walls around Mount Moriah, expanding the small, quasi-natural plateau on which the First and Second Temples stood into the wide open spaces of the Temple Mount seen today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Western Wall"
The tomb known today as Yad Avshalom (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yad Avshalom"
Yad Vashem (יד ושם) is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Memorial Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yad Vashem"
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