“After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora.”
Jerusalem
There are currently only five countries with embassies in the capital: the United States, Kosovo, Honduras, Guatemala, and Papua New Guinea
The Palestinian-fronted resolution passed by wide margin, demanding that the Israeli army and Jewish residents evacuate to pre-1949 line within a year.
Achiya Zenilman lost his American-born father Master Sgt. (res.) Ari Yechiel Zenilman, 32, in the southern Gaza Strip in December.
The incident took place on a main highway some nine miles north of Jerusalem.
The staffer incurred serious injuries to his body and face.
The development plan—comprising some 5,000 housing units and hotel rooms—will be built near Hebron Road, which connects the capital city to Judea.
The fire erupted in the city’s Beit Yisrael neighborhood, where residents immediately alerted the emergency services.
The quarry, unearthed in the city’s present-day Har Hotzvim industrial park, is one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
A unique art exhibition opens in a former Ottoman jail inside Jaffa Gate.
