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Flat Stanley’s Visit to Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Stanley Lambchop was just another ordinary boy. One day, he was given a bulletin board for displaying postcards and pictures. The board was hung over Stanley’s bed. An unfortunate decision as in the middle of the night it fell on…

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Jerusalem Remembers the Armenian Genocide

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

April 24th is the day that was chosen to commemorate the Armenian genocide. On this date in 1915 two hundred and fifty of the Armenian leaders and intellectuals who lived in Istanbul and around it were arrested. The prisoners were…

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How old is the Old city?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Family Tours in Jerusalem

How old is the Old City? There are even some adults who don’t know the answer. And which is older, the white dome of the Hurba synagogue, the black dome of Dormition Abbey or the golden Dome of the Rock? …

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Ein Kerem – A Village within a City

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Tours in Jerusalem - Adults

A quiet monastery hiding behind thick stone walls, narrow allies surrounded by ancient houses, some of the world’s most important churches and some ice cream and chocolate that taste like home. Ein Kerem has something to offer to everyone. During…

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Parashat Trumah

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Noa Posted in Book of Exodus, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

The Parashot preceding Parashat Terumah – Jethro and Mishpatim are very dramatic. Moses on Mt. Sinai, The Ten Commandments, the Golden Calf, fire, Pillar of cloud, and the voice of God. After these dramatic events we find in Parashat Terumah…

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Ten measures of beauty

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Tours in Jerusalem - Adults

Chazal say that ten measures of beauty descended on the world, and nine were taken by Jerusalem. But where is the tenth measure? Jerusalem lovers will tell you it is also in the city, and that you need to go…

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Poor Walter is Looking for water – A children tour to Ein Karem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Family Tours in Jerusalem

On the top of a mountain not far away from the sky a weird thing happened. Dear young Walter had a jug of water but O poor Walter, the water is now over. What will the fate of Jerusalem be?…

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Parashat Naso

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Noa Posted in Book of Numbers, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

The LORD bless you, and protect you; The LORD make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; The LORD look with favor upon you, and give you peace. These three verses (Numbers, 6: 24-26) are in…

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Looking for King David

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Family Tours in Jerusalem

They say that David the king of Israel is alive and well. If it is all true then where is he hiding and why has no one seen him lately? It is time to go tour Jerusalem and search for…

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Judaism in Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Pictures

When a Jewish person prays he must turn his body, or at least his heart, to the direction of Jerusalem, and it is hard to think of the Jewish religion without this city. The Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the…

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