From Crusader Destruction to Jewish Renewal in the Old City
80 students. One historic comeback. In the shadow of the ancient stones of Flowers Gate, a quiet but historic transformation is underway. A new upper school, Yeshiva Shalom Banayich (שלום בניך), has now been established in the Old City — the first yeshiva high school to open in over 200 years in the historic Jewish […]
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MORE JOY IN THE OLD CITY – Mazal Tov Ateret Cohanim
OUR ANSWER TO THE “AL AQSA FLOOD” & to the anti Israel and ignorant ICJ** – A new Jewish family into the old Jewish Quarter (Moslem Quarter) of the Old City Jerusalem. The Azut Family (Liran and Miriam plus 6 children) have just moved into Beit Gita, inside the Old City near the Flowers Gate […]
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Chanukah, Jerusalem, and Sovereignty
One of the key take aways from Chanukah was the centrality that the Temple and Jerusalem played in triggering the Hashmonaim led rebellion against Greek rule. After all the Greeks and their Jewish Hellenist partners defiled the Temple and took control of the Jerusalem. Defeating Israel’s enemies meant that real sovereignty was restored. Not much […]
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Living in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
by Mordechai Tzion I heard from Ha-Rav Aviv Tzuberi, Rosh Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim, that when Ha-Rav Yosef Zilberman decided to move to the Old City and live on Ma’alot Ha-Midrasha Street, his brothers-in-law, who were important Torah scholars, brought him to a Din Torah before Ha-Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, for endangering their sister and nieces […]
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Renovations Needed In Two More Jewish Homes In The “Muslim Quarter”
There is a war against the renewal of Jewish life in Jerusalem’s Old City and surrounding neighborhoods. In fact, there is an official fatwa (religious decree) from the PA barring Arab Muslims from selling land or houses to Jews. The punishment for breaking this law is death. “Palestine is kharaj land (i.e., land belonging to […]
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