Dramatic Episode From Six Day War
Shortly after the Six Day War, Col. Mordechai Gur, who commanded the paratroop brigade with liberated the Old City of Jerusalem was appointed military advisor of the Israeli delegation in […]
Rabbi David Cohen, the Nazir
Soon after Israeli troops entered the Old City of Jerusalem, an army jeep was sent to the Kerem Abraham Quarter of the modern city to take Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook […]
Jerusalems of the Exile
Several years ago I wrote in Ohr HaMizrach (vol. 24, numbers, 3-4, Nissan-Tammuz 5740) about the “Jerusalems of the Exile”. I listed cities and towns, which Jews called “second” or […]
The Fall of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem was divided into Jewish, Armenian, Christian and Moslem quarters. At one time the Jewish quarter had a population of 15,000, but with the growth of […]