West Jerusalem refers to the parts of the city of Jerusalem captured by Israel in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
West Jerusalem (also known as "New Jerusalem") represents the modern commercial heart of the city.
West Jerusalem (also known as "New Jerusalem") represents the modern commercial heart of the city.
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West Jerusalem is becoming a lively area for tourists. There are excellent shops, from the large Hamashbir department store to small business.
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The western neighborhoods of Jerusalem today.
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The western neighborhoods of Jerusalem today.
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Rechov Ha-Nevi'im (Street of the Prophets) was the "Christian street" of 19th-century West Jerusalem, and still has a variety of churches and missionary societies. From Zion Square, in the heart of downtown Jerusalem, cross Jaffa Road and go up the hill on Ha-Rav Kook Street. Opposite the intersection of Ha-Rav Kook and Ha-Nevi'im streets is the entrance to the narrow, high-walled Ethiopia Street, with its 19th-century stone mansions. Here you'll find the splendid Abyssinian (Ethiopian) Church. The elegant building with the Lion of Judah carved into the gate above the courtyard is the spiritual home of the Coptic Ethiopian clergy. The lion symbolizes the meeting of the Queen of Sheba, the Ethiopian empress, and King Solomon, from whom she traditionally received the emblem. The interior of the turn-of-the-20th-century circular church is filled with a wonderful array of icons and paintings; although none are in the Ethiopian tradition, many were chosen for their charm and native beauty. Bungalows for clergy and pilgrims from Ethiopia surround the church enclave.
Notre Dame de France is on Shivtei Israel Street at Zahal Square, just opposite New Gate in the Old City walls. The Assumptionist Fathers built this monastery in 1887 to serve as a pilgrim's hostel. The monumental buildings of the complex, on the old border between East and West Jerusalem, were badly damaged during heavy fighting in the 1948 war. Part of the complex, restored in the 1970s, serves as a hospital, a restaurant, a hotel, and a pilgrimage center.
Saint Andrew's Church of Scotland was built by the people of Scotland in 1929 and was dedicated by General Allenby, who liberated Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire in 1917. This Presbyterian Church is situated on a hilltop near Abu Tor and the Jerusalem railroad station. Also at the top of Abu Tor, and built over the foundations of a medieval church, is the Greek Orthodox Monastery, called the "Church of Evil Counsel." It contains catacombs and crypts. Private cottages on the grounds are rented to fortunate Jerusalemites, including one of the country's most talented and respected poets.
The Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral is just off Jaffa Road. This white multidomed architectural gem in the Renaissance style was originally constructed after the Crimean War for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox faith.
There are also a number of interesting churches and monasteries in Ein Kerem and Rechavia, and in Abu Ghosh.
Two Dreams Restored -- Israel's earlier branch of Hadassah Hospital is on Mount Scopus, overlooking Jerusalem's Old City. Opened in 1938, in an ultramodern building designed by Erich Mendelssohn and funded by Hadassah supporters throughout the world, it was the pride of the Jewish community of British Mandate Palestine and the embodiment of a dream to bring quality medical care to all in Jerusalem, "without regard to nationality or religion." But at the time of the cease-fire at the end of Israel's War of Independence in 1948, Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus found itself a small Israeli-held bastion in middle of Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem, protected by international agreement but cut off from Israeli-held West Jerusalem. So a new Hadassah Hospital was built in Ein Kerem at the far western edge of Jerusalem, where it would be relatively safe in case fighting again broke out. Ironically, when the Six-Day War erupted in 1967, one of the first places hit by Jordanian bombardment was the new hospital. When Marc Chagall learned that the windows he had created for the hospital's synagogue had been damaged, he promised to replace them, making them "more beautiful than ever." He more than succeeded. Today, Hadassah Mount Scopus is again open, and both Hadassah hospitals serve all the communities of Jerusalem.
Notre Dame de France is on Shivtei Israel Street at Zahal Square, just opposite New Gate in the Old City walls. The Assumptionist Fathers built this monastery in 1887 to serve as a pilgrim's hostel. The monumental buildings of the complex, on the old border between East and West Jerusalem, were badly damaged during heavy fighting in the 1948 war. Part of the complex, restored in the 1970s, serves as a hospital, a restaurant, a hotel, and a pilgrimage center.
Saint Andrew's Church of Scotland was built by the people of Scotland in 1929 and was dedicated by General Allenby, who liberated Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire in 1917. This Presbyterian Church is situated on a hilltop near Abu Tor and the Jerusalem railroad station. Also at the top of Abu Tor, and built over the foundations of a medieval church, is the Greek Orthodox Monastery, called the "Church of Evil Counsel." It contains catacombs and crypts. Private cottages on the grounds are rented to fortunate Jerusalemites, including one of the country's most talented and respected poets.
The Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral is just off Jaffa Road. This white multidomed architectural gem in the Renaissance style was originally constructed after the Crimean War for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox faith.
There are also a number of interesting churches and monasteries in Ein Kerem and Rechavia, and in Abu Ghosh.
Two Dreams Restored -- Israel's earlier branch of Hadassah Hospital is on Mount Scopus, overlooking Jerusalem's Old City. Opened in 1938, in an ultramodern building designed by Erich Mendelssohn and funded by Hadassah supporters throughout the world, it was the pride of the Jewish community of British Mandate Palestine and the embodiment of a dream to bring quality medical care to all in Jerusalem, "without regard to nationality or religion." But at the time of the cease-fire at the end of Israel's War of Independence in 1948, Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus found itself a small Israeli-held bastion in middle of Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem, protected by international agreement but cut off from Israeli-held West Jerusalem. So a new Hadassah Hospital was built in Ein Kerem at the far western edge of Jerusalem, where it would be relatively safe in case fighting again broke out. Ironically, when the Six-Day War erupted in 1967, one of the first places hit by Jordanian bombardment was the new hospital. When Marc Chagall learned that the windows he had created for the hospital's synagogue had been damaged, he promised to replace them, making them "more beautiful than ever." He more than succeeded. Today, Hadassah Mount Scopus is again open, and both Hadassah hospitals serve all the communities of Jerusalem.
City scene, West Jerusalem
Source: Israel Ministry of Tourism, used with permission.
Source: Israel Ministry of Tourism, used with permission.
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"I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be faithful and righteous to them as their God."
Zechariah 8:7,8
References and Quotations about Jerusalem in the Bible
Zechariah 8:7,8
References and Quotations about Jerusalem in the Bible
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The building of neighborhoods in what is known as West Jerusalem started in the middle of the 19th Century with neighborhoods such as Yemin Moshe, Nachalat Shiva, and Meah Shearim. Israel's government, the Knesset, is located in West Jerusalem.
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