Jerusalem and Surrounding Area

View of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, “City of Gold,” is the capital of Israel and is regarded as a holy city by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. It is located in the Judean Mountains between the northern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem became Israel’s capital in 1948 when the country […]

Jerusalem

abu Ghosh
The Israeli Arab Village of Abu Ghosh is situated about 10 km west of Jerusalem, just off the main road from Tel Aviv. During Israel’s War of independence, out of all the Arab villages in the area, only the residents of Abu Ghosh remained neutral and, in many cases, helped […]

Abu Ghosh

Israel museum model of jerusalem
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem was founded in 1965 and is one of the world’s most prominent art and archeology museums with wide-ranging exhibits of Judaica, biblical archeology, fine arts, and artifacts from countries in South America, Africa, Oceania, and the Far East. The various collections embody the precious history […]

Israel Museum

Old City walls
The ancient city of Jerusalem has been continuously inhabited for over 3000 years and is holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. For the Jews, it is where the Jewish Patriarch Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mt. Moriah.  In approximately 1000 BCE King David proclaimed Jerusalem as the […]

Old City Of Jerusalem

Declaration of Independence State of Israel
Israel before 1948 Since biblical times and as recorded in the Torah, God promised the Land of Israel to the Jewish people and has been sacred to them ever since. After establishing the First Kingdom of Israel in about the 11th century BCE, the Israelites ruled the area sporadically for […]

Israel Before 1948

Yad Vashem
In 1953, The Knesset, Parliament of Israel established the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes” Remembrance Authority – Yad Vashem. The intention of this was to document the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust. The museum, built at the foot of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance (Har Hazikaron) […]

Yad Vashem

Natan Sharansky
Menachem Begin was the 6th Prime Minister of the State of Israel. He is perceived by some as a terrorist leader but remembered by most as the man who brought about the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab Nation and subsequently received a Nobel Prize for peace. Begin […]

Menachem Begin