Can a ruin still be called a ruin once it has been rebuilt? This is the not-so-theoretical question that visitors to Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter may be asking after strolling by the construction site ...

After four years of construction, the Jewish Quarter’s landmark Hurva Synagogue – built by Polish Jews in 1701, destroyed by Arab creditors two decades later, rebuilt in 1864 by followers of the Vilna ...

ARCHITECTURE is politics by other means–at least some of the time. An emerging architectural story in Jerusalem is, in part, wonderful news; in part, a tragic missed opportunity. Recently the ...

The restoration and construction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem nears completion, with the dedication of the synagogue scheduled for next Monday, March 15. The Company for the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rededication of an Old City synagogue took place without incident. More than 3,000 Israeli police were deployed in Jerusalem on Monday for fear that the rededication of the ...

In her book ‘Forever My Jerusalem,’ Shteiner recalls life in the Old City before its fall in 1948 and the emotional return ...

hurva synagogue 311 (photo credit: Gil Zohar) By JPOST EDITORIAL MARCH 14, 2010 21:13 A dedication ceremony will be held today, the eve of the first day of Nissan, for the Hurva (literally “ruin”) ...

, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid ("Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious"), is a historic synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter ...

On the Friday evening of Shabbat Hagadol before Passover in March 2010, I walked with my father to the Old City of Jerusalem. The very first Hurva Synagogue was built in 1694 but was destroyed a few ...