On Christmas Eve before our tour to Bethlehem in the afternoon, we woke up early to see the famed Temple Mount in the heart of Jerusalem’s old city. Also known as Mount of the House of God, the Temple in Jerusalem, and Haram esh-Sharif, this place is holy for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for very …
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I’ve celebrated Christmas the exact same way for my entire life. As Germans, we celebrate on Christmas Eve with a traditional German meal, evening mass, singing German Christmas songs out of tune, eating way too many cookies, and opening presents in the living room. This year was a little different. To save ourselves the trouble, …
After a historic dive into the old city of Jerusalem, we decided to go to the new city, home to two museums on the history of Israel and the Holocaust. Yes, I am fully aware of the irony of this post. We went to the new city to learn about the old city. When in …
For a city so great, so storied, and so spectacular as Jerusalem, a two-hour walking tour could never do it justice. I left the tour feeling like I’d just scratched the surface of understanding the invisible power this city has. One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem is holy for the three major …
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