Jerusalem,Israel
To have any understanding of Yad Vashem Jerusalem it is important to know the meaning of holocaust. The word holocaust means a sacrifice entirely consumed by fire. This word is used to describe the murder of millions of people during the Second World War by the National Socialist regime in Germany led by Adolf Hitler.
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Jerusalem,Israel
The parks and gardens in the city of Jerusalem are the best places to enjoy the time filed with serenity and calmness. The parks and the gardens are the symbolical representation of the glorious historical past the city has enjoyed.
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Jerusalem,Israel
Built atop the earlier location of the Temple, the Dome of the Rock was erected by the Muslim ruler Abd el-Malik in 688-691. Because of its situation on bedrock, the numerous earthquakes over the centuries have not caused significant damage to the structure (unlike its neighbor Al Aqsa mosque).
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Jerusalem,Israel
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, known as the Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) to Eastern Orthodox Christians, is a church in the Old City of Jerusalem that is the holiest Christian site in the world.
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Jerusalem,Israel
Also known as the Wailing Wall, which is the closest location to the place where the temple used to stand where Jews can pray. The wall we know today was a part of the temple's western wall, hence its name. Believers leave notes in the cracks between the wall's stones.
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Jerusalem,Israel
Mount of Olives is the hill facing the old city of Jerusalem, on the eastern side of Kidron valley. Its name came from the olive trees that once grew on its hillside from ancient times. According to Jewish tradition, the Messiah will appear here and bring the dead back to life.
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Jerusalem,Israel
The Jerusalem Syndrome is a clinical psychiatric diagnosis first identified in the 1930s by Dr. Heinz Herman, one of the founders of modern psychiatric research in Israel.
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Jerusalem,Israel
The tunnel was built about 700 BC by King HEZEKIAH to bring the water of Gihon into the city and store it in the pool of Shiloah, or Siloam. Its purpose was to prevent invaders, in particular the Assyrians, from locating the city's water supply and cutting it off (II Chronicles 32).
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Jerusalem,Israel
Christ Church is the oldest Protestant Church in the Middle East. It was completed in Jerusalem in 1849 and soon after became known as the "Jewish Protestant Church."
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Jerusalem,Israel
The Belz Great Synagogue is the biggest synagogue in Jerusalem, with an ark that is so huge it has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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