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Abu Shukri: The Best Hummus in Jerusalem?

Alex Budman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jerusalem, Western Wall, Hummus, Abu Shukri, Tahini, Lemon Juice, Chick Pea, Spices, Video, Food News

Usually when a restaurant becomes so renowned, one may question if the quality of the food and experience can live up to the reputation. Upon arrival, I was immediately assured that this was not the case, as locals and foreigners alike filled the vibrant room.

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In Jerusalem, Sounds Of Music Ring Forth

Barbara Barton Sloane | Posted 05.07.2012

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When you think of Jerusalem, opera is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the connection is not as far-fetched as it seems.

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PHOTOS: Cerebral Cruising Towards Antiquity

Yvonne Yorke | Posted 04.11.2012

After several attempts to catch a taxi back to the ship, one of the local shopkeepers voluntarily came out of his store and helped me flag down a taxi and give the driver directions.

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Israel Reopens Contested Ramp

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.13.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday reopened a temporary walkway leading to Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, just two days after closing it, de...

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Ancient Jerusalem Stone To Be Part Of Scroll Exhibit In NYC

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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NEW YORK -- A three-ton stone from Jerusalem's Western Wall will be part of an upcoming exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls in New York City. The ston...

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Palestinian Official: Western Wall NOT Jewish

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — An official Palestinian report claiming that a key Jewish holy site – Jerusalem's Western Wall – has no religious signif...

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Why Redefining Israel's History Poses Major Obstacle to True Peace

Anav Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I walk the streets of Jerusalem this Chanukah and see the flickering candles in the windows of Jewish homes, I think back to a time 2,000 years ago, when my ancestors here were denied their rights to follow Jewish tradition by the Syrian-Greeks who then occupied the land.

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Palestinians Remove Claim To Western Wall After U.S. Objects

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) The Palestinian government has pulled a report stating that Jews have no historic connection ...

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Western Wall To Feature New One-Way Partition Between Men, Women

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) Jewish authorities at the Western Wall hope to replace the existing opaque partition that sep...

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O Jerusalem

David Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Advertising Standards Authority, Britain's independent regulator of advertising in the media, recently criticized Israel for including a photo of the Western Wall in a newspaper advertisement.

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Israel Angered At British Ad Ban

Religion News Service | Michele Chabin | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (RNS) A British decision to ban an Israeli tourism ad because it includes holy sites in disputed territory has angered Israel's supporters. ...

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Kahane terrorists threaten Rahm Emanuel's family in East Jerusalem

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not simply "hecklers" bothering White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and his family, visiting Israel and East Jerusalem for their 13-year-old ...

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Muslims, Jews Clash In Jerusalem

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers at two contested holy sites and in a West Bank village Friday, seriously inju...

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Western Wall Twitter Service Lets Jews Can Tweet A Prayer To God

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — For centuries, people have stuffed prayers written on scraps of paper into the ancient cracks in the Western Wall in the Old City of...

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Jerusalem Quarry Discovered Linked To Building Of Second Temple

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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An ancient quarry has been uncovered by construction crews in Jerusalem that, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, can be traced back 2,300 ...

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Passover Memories in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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A holiday time seems to capture memories in a more powerful way than any other time of the year, and gives more significance to holidays as time goes on than they would otherwise have.

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Account From The Set Of "Jerusalem: Center Of The World"

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have always been interested in those places where the membrane between the seen and the unseen is thin -- where human beings feel able to touch the eternal.

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Western Wall Beggars Preyed On By Crime Ring

McClatchy blog: Checkpoint Jerusalem | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is nothing sacred? Israeli police say they have busted a crime ring that preyed on beggars at the Western Wall. According to an article in Maari...

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