101 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — St. Mary's Hospice of the German Knights —

The Order of the Teutonic Knights settled here during the Crusader Period (12th-13th centuries CE). The Order built the Church of St. Mary and a hospital, which were destroyed; and St. Mary's Hospice of the German Knights, whose ruins you see before . . . — — Map (db m220119) HM

102 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — The Ashkenazi courtyard —

Until the sixteenth century, the "Ramban" was the main synagogue, where members of all denominations prayed together. Its closure at the end of that century is probably the point at which the various streams dispersed. The Sephardi Jews organized in . . . — — Map (db m219150) HM

103 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — The Crusader Market —

The Crusaders built a roofed market on the remnants of the Byzantine Cardo. In the ensuing years, the vaulted ceilings became the cellars of buildings above. The market was renovated after the Six Day War (1967). Photo caption: Capital of a . . . — — Map (db m220120) HM

104 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — The Hurva Synagogue —

In the mid-19th century, the waves of Jewish immigration increased, and the Ashkenazi community grew rapidly. On September 25, 1864, the great Hurva synagogue was inaugurated in an inspiring ceremony Just in time for the High Holidays. Ceremony . . . — — Map (db m219118) HM

105 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — The Lower Aqueduct — אמת מים תחתונה —

You are facing the remains of a lower aqueduct originally built in the Hasmonean period. During the second temple period the need to bring water to Jerusalem increased. This serpentine aqueduct was 21 km (13.5 miles) long; it began, at Solomon's . . . — — Map (db m219171) HM

106 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, The Jewish Quarter — Western Cardo —

Remains of a magnificent main road from the Roman-Byzantine period serving throughout time until today as a major thoroughfare for shopping. (Arabic and Hebrew text not transcribed) — — Map (db m219069) HM

107 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Kiryat Ye'arim — Major General Mickey Marcus —

David Daniel Marcus, the son of a Romanian Jewish family, was born in 1902 in New York. In 1924 he graduated from the West Point Military Academy and after three years of military service, he retired and started a legal career. In the 1940's, he . . . — — Map (db m225688) HM WM

108 ► Israel, Jerusalem District, Srigim — Tel Azekah —

Ancient Azeka, an important fortified city in the geographical jurisdiction of the Tribe of Judah, dominated one of the routes from the lowlands to the Judean Mountains. It is mentioned in the scriptures in relation to Joshua's wars against the . . . — — Map (db m135460) HM

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