West Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Built Up
REDIRECT West Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Built Up)
Archive for April, 2008
Golden Gate from the North East
Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, Charles W. Wilson, 1865.
Cultural Trends
Early Modern Period Introduction to Cultural Trends Impact of Printing Innovations among Conversos and Portuguese Jews Rabbinic Culture and Learning Messianic Movements Women, Gender, and Learning Jews, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation Science, Philosophy, and Literature
The Castel, Apr. 1948
The Castel is a Crusader fortress which sits on a mountain on the main route to Jerusalem, rendering it an important strategic point. Jewish troops took the Castel on Apr. 2, 1948 without a battle, but the Arabs, understanding its military importance, attacked it. At the end of a five-day battle the Palmach forces were […]
King Abdullah Pays Visit to Jerusalem, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 1948.
Click here to view the original article. IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. May 27 (AP)-King Abdullah paid a surprise visit to the old city today and prayed at Christian and Moslem shrines. The monarch of Trans-Jordan made his devotions at the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary and the Mosque of Omar, the Holiest Shrines of Christendom […]