Ramparts of the broad wall, that was built by King Hezekiah to defend the city in the First Temple Period
A pit in the Cardo that goes down to the street level 3000 years ago
Ruins from the Crusader and Roman periods
The Jewish Cardo (a Roman road, now a shopping center)
The sign to the enrance to the Jewish Quarter, in the Cardo
Many of these Roman columns have been reconstructed (the discolored stone is new)
Columns from the Crusader period
Ivy in the Jewish Quarter
The arch of the Churva, a synagogue that was destroyed numerous times, the last time being in 1948
The ruins of the Churva. They are talking about rebuilding this synagogue
More ruins of the Churva (which means "Ruin" by the way)
An Arab woman walking through the Jewish quarter
An orange tree
A narrow street
The Ranban shul, which has been destroyed and rebuilt many times
The sign to the shul (synagogue)
A road
Jewish windows from the Turkish period
More Turkish windows
More windows
The one and only Kairite synagogue in the Old City. The Kairites are a Jewish splinter group who do not accept the
oral tradition. They date form the 1st century CE.
The sign to the Kairite synagogue
The logo for the company for reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter
The arch to the Tiferet synagogue, which was destroyed in 1948 by the Jordanians
The sign
The entrance to the Tiferet synagogue
A sign marking the entrance to the Jewish Quarter from the Armenian Quarter
A pathway in the Jewish Quarter
A wall from the First Temple Period
(Jewish Quarter)
A map next to the wall
The courtyard in the Jewish Quarter
The other half of the same courtyard
The internet cafe in the Jewish Quarter
Overgrown ivy in the Jewish Quarter
More overgrown ivy
Palm trees in the Jewish Quarter
A park on the way to the Kotel
Another view of the park
Those annoying steps from the Jewish Quarter to the Kotel
A trio of Haredi children
A road in the Jewish Quarter
The upper entrance to the Roman Cardo
(Jewish Quarter)
The Dome of the Rock (view from Jewish Quarter)
A cute cat
(Jewish Quarter)
A rug for sale in the Jewish quarter
What used to be the muzzein tower of a mosque, now abandoned
(Jewish Quarter)
The arch of a destroyed synagogue
(Jewish Quarter)
A pretty door (and mysterious)
(Jewish Quarter)
The Zion Gate to the Old City
The bullet holes from when the gate was stormed by Israel soldiers in 1967 to reclaim East Jerusalem from Jordanian control
Zion Gate, view from inside the Old City
When constructing the Jewish quarter, they uncovered a wall from the First Temple period
(Jewish Quarter)
A haredi child playing on the old Roman road (the Cardo)
The Cardo (the old Roman road) (Jewish Quarter)
The Cardo, with some wooden beams reconstructed (Jewish Quarter)
A mosaic of an old Byzantine map of Jerusalem, not known for it's topographical accuracyz
A menora built by the Temple Institute to be used in the Third Temple
(Jewish Quarter)
Udi, owner of the Blue and White Art Gallery in the Cardo
(Jewish Quarter)
A religious boy playing soccer (Jewish Quarter)
Same
The al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount
People leaving the Old City through the Dung Gate
(there is no actual dung there right now; it's an old name)
The Dung Gate (inside view)
Jerusalem is a strange mix of the sacred and profane
(Yup, it's a french fry dispenser)
(Jewish Quarter)
The Mount of Olivers, with the Old City walls in the lower left corner.
There is a tradition to be buried on this mountain because when the Messiah arrives and the dead are
resurrected, you can get up out of your grave and walk right over to the Temple Mount next door
Some yeshiva boys looking out at the Western Wall
(Jewish Quarter)
Boys playing soccer on a basketball court inside the Jewish Quarter
A Hasidic couple shopping in the Jewish Quarter