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JerusalemThecityofJerusalemisover2000yearsoldandishometomanyreligions.ThemodernnewcityofJerusalemcontrastswiththephotobelowoftheOldCityofJerusalem. In the center is the Dome of the Rock, which is in the Old City ofJerusalemandiscurrentlyamosquewhereMuslimspraythreetimesaday.Therock,which sits inside themosqueunder thegolddome, iswhere JewsbelievethatAbrahamattempted to sacrifice Isaac,a story thatwe readonYomKippureachyear.
DomeoftheRockandOldCityofJerusalem
ThephotobelowisoftheWesternWall,which isJudaism’smostholysite. It istheoutermostwesternwalloftheTempleinJerusalem,whichwasdestroyedbytheRomansintheyear70.WhenJewsprayattheWesternWall,theyputsmallnotesinthecracksofthewallinhopesthattheirprayerswillreachGod.
WesternWall
This isaphotooftheWesternWallPlaza. TheDomeoftheRockoverlookstheWesternWall,andthewallisthedividinglinebetweentheJewsandtheMuslimsinJerusalem.ItdividesWestJerusalemfromEastJerusalem.
WesternWallPlaza
BelowisanaerialviewoftheNewCityofJerusalem.ItisknownastheNewCitybecause it is built outside the citywallsof theoriginal Jerusalem,which isnowknownastheOldCity.
NewCityofJerusalem
BelowisaphotooftheArabShuk(ormarket)inJerusalem’sOldCity.Itisaplacewhere bargaining for goods is the norm and everything is sold from food tojewelrytoclothingtocoffee.ItisamustseeonyourvisittoJerusalem.
ArabShuk/Market
The four sections of the Old City of Jerusalem can be seen below. They areChristian,Muslim,ArmenianandJewish.TheDomeoftheRockisconsideredpartof theMuslimQuarter. The sectionnames are givenbecause eachof the fourreligionshascontrolofitsgivenarea.Theseareholyplacesforeachreligionandmanypeoplevisiteachyear.
MapoftheOldCityofJerusalem
Jerusalem is also a very modern city. It has stores, cars and a train and bussystem. It is a law in Jerusalem that all of its buildings have to be built withJerusalemstoneinordertokeepthecitylookingancient.Asaresult,JerusalemasaspecialglowthatnoothercityinIsraelhas.
TelAviv&SurroundingAreasTel Aviv is known as the City that Never Sleeps and sits on the shore of thebeautifulMediterranean Sea. Its beaches are gorgeous and the nightlife in TelAvivrivalsthatofanymajorcityinEuropeortheUnitedStates.TelAvivisacityforfoodies,artistsandcuttingedgeliving.
TelAvivBeach
Old Jaffa,orYaffo, is theoldestpartof the cityofTelAvivandwas thereevenbeforeTelAvivwasfoundedoutofthedesertthatsurroundedit.Therearegreatrestaurants, market places and the ancient port of Yaffo (seen below) to visit.EachFridayyouwill find livemusicandgreatambiance in its tight,windingandancientstreets.
Yaffo/Jaffa
BelowareanumberofdifferentviewsofTelAviv.Asyoucansee,itisamoderncityineveryway.
TelAviv isalsoacityforsports lovers. MaccabiTelAvivhaspopularsoccerandbasketballteamsthatitsresidentsalwayscheerfor.
HereyoucanseehowmodernTelAvivis.
ModernTelAviv
Below is Dizengoff Street, one of Tel Aviv’s oldest and most central shoppingareas. As you can see, there aremany restaurants and stores and even thingsbeingsoldonthestreet.DizengoffisonlyafewblocksfromGordonBeach,oneofTelAviv’smostpopularbeaches.
DizengoffStreet
ThisaerialviewofmodernTelAvivshowsthestreetsandbuildingsandhowclosetheseaistoeverything.
AerialviewofTelAviv
TheNegevDesertandSouthTheNegev is thesouthernmostpartof Israelasyoucanseeonthemapbelow.AlthoughtheNegevisalldesert,itishometomanyimportantpartsofIsrael.
TheNegev
BelowisaphotooftheNegevDesert.Fromthispicture,youcanseehowdryitisandhowdangerousadesertcanbe. TheNegevDesertdoesn’tonlyhaveyellowrocks and sand, but it also has rainbow rocks and sand. In ancient times thesematerialswereusedformake-up.
NegevDesert
BelowistheRamonCrater,orMahkteshRamon.Thisisnotacratermadefromameteororvolcano,but it is theworld’s largestnatural craterand is justpartofthedesertlandscape.
RamonCrater
DavidBen-Gurionwas Israel’s firstPrimeMinisterandhe isburiedathishome,Kibbutz Sde Boker. He lived and died there because he wanted to encourageIsraelistomovetotheNegevandpopulateit.
GraveofDavidBen-Gurion,Israel’sfirstPrimeMinister
Eilat isapopularvacationspot forboth Israelisand tourists. It isknown for itsresorts,beaches,hikingtrailsandmore.ItsitsrightontheshoresoftheRedSeaandtheRedSeaCoralReef.TheviewacrosstheseafromEilatisthecountryofJordan.
MasadasitsontopofamountaininIsrael’sNegevDesert. ItwasoriginallyKingHerod’sSummerPalace,builtbetween37and31BCE,andoneofhishomesuntilheabandonedit. MasadaisknownfortheJewishzealotswhocommittedmasssuicideduringthesiegeofMasadabytroopsoftheRomanEmpireattheendofthe First Jewish–RomanWar. Thebodies of 960 Sicarii rebels and their familieswerefoundhidingthere.
Masada
TheDeadSeagot itsnamebecauseof itshighsalt level. There isno life in thesea.Asaresult,onecanfloatintheseawithoutknowinghowtoswim.DeadSeamud,saltandmineralsareknowntobehealingtotheskinbecause ithasbeencutofffromtheJordanRiverforsolong.TheDeadSeaisalsothelowestpointonearthat1412feetbelowsealevel.Whenyougothere,youcaneatatthelowestBurgerKingonthefaceoftheearth!
DeadSea
The Ein Gedi Nature Preserve is an oasis in the Negev Desert. It is a premierehikingspotinIsraelwithitswaterfallsandlushgardens.ItsitsbetweenJerusalemandtheDeadSea.
EinGediNaturePreserve
TheGolanHeightsThesearethemountainsoftheGolanHeights. They include: Mt.Hermon,Mt.Bental,Mt.Avital,Mt.Hermonit,Mt.Arbel,Mt.Ram,Mt.BaronandMt.Yosifon.TheGolanHeightssiton Israel’sborderwithSyriaandwasSyrianterritoryuntiltheSixDayWarin1967.
MountainsoftheGolanHeights
BelowisaphotooftheMt.HermonSkiResort.Mt.HermonistheonlyskiresortinIsraelbecauseitisthetallestmountainintheHeightsatabout9300feet.ItistheonlymountaininIsraelthatgetssnow.
TherearemanykibbutzimandfarmsintheGolanHeights.
GolanHeightsLandscape
ManypeoplecometotheGolanHeightsforhiking,jeeprides,andzip-lining.ThehikingtrailsintheGolanarebeautiful.
ThisisaphotoofIsraelisoldiershikingintheGolan.
TheGalilandSurroundingAreasHaifa is the third largest city in Israel and is built on the slopes ofMt. Carmel.HaifaishometoamajorseaportintheBayofHaifaandisalsohometoalargeArabcommunity.
Haifa
TheBahaiTempleishometothemostholysiteoftheBahaiFaith.Itsgardensareasitetoseewith19terracesandgeometricshapes.
BahaiTemple,Haifa
Sports are also very popular in Haifa. Maccabi Haifa has both a soccer andbasketball team, which are named after Judah Maccabee from the Hanukkahstory.
ThemapbelowshowsHaifa’s locationwithin Israel. It issituated intheCarmelMountains in the northern part of the State. There is a navy base in HaifabecauseitsitsrightontheMediterraneanSea.
Tiberias sits on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret.Tiberias is a vacation spot for both Israelis and tourists alike. There is awaterparkontheshoresoftheSeaofGalileeandwellasmanyboatingandswimmingopportunities.TheSeaofGalileeisIsrael’sonlysourceoffreshdrinkingwater.
Tiberias
Safat is where the study of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism began in the 16thCentury.At2953feet,itisIsrael’shighestcityand,asaresult,getshotsummersandsnowywinters.
Safat
TheSeaofGalilee,orLakeKinneret, is the lowest freshwater lakeonEarthandthesecond lowest lake in theworld (after theDeadSea,asaltwater lake).Thelakeisfedpartlybyundergroundsprings,althoughitsmainsourceistheJordanRiver,whichflowsthroughitfromnorthtosouth.ItisatthislocationthatmanybelievethatJesuswalkedonwater.
SeaofGalilee
SeaofGalilee/LakeKinneret
Thankyoutoour2016-17FourthGradersforputtingthisIsraelGuidebooktogether!
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