Ateret Cohanim

Ancient Connection – Modern Pioneers

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How Large Is The Jewish Quarter?

Since 1967, there has been an ongoing concretization of the current quarter system in Jerusalem. Official maps can be found across the Old City showing an official delineation between the “four quarters.” Of course this bolsters the false notion that the current size of the Jewish Quarter is historically accurate. It is not. Up until […]

Contiguity Leads To Sovereignty

In the winding maze of streets that make up much of Jerusalem’s Old City, much of the emphasis on Jewish land reclamation initiatives has been the establishment of urban homesteads. Isolated Jewish compounds, secured in a sea of hostile arabs has never been seen as the aim of Ateret Cohanim. Rather, it was a strategy […]