Growing Interest in

New

for Jerusalem since time immemo-
resurrection of Jesus. The church rial. The Roman legions of Titus
is situated on the hill known as camped here in 70 CE, as did the
Golgotha, derived from the Hebrew Crusaders in 1099. The British
word for skull. The name as trans- forces located their bivouac on the
lated into Latin is Calvaria, in En- Mount after entering the city in
glish, Calvary. An ancient tradi- 1917. In 1925 the Hebrew Univer-
tion relates that the skull of Adam sity was established here, con-
was buried here, and that at the structing a number of imposing
time of the crucifixion, some of buildings, including the Hadassah
Jesus' blood flowed and touched Hospital, which is linked to the
Adam's skull and restored it to Medical School of the University.
life for a moment. The early Chris- In 1948 the compound had to be
tians worshipped here until, in the abandoned as a result of hostilities,
2nd Century CE, Em per or and the university and Hadassah
Hadrian, intent on exterminating Hospital built new quarters in other
all monotheistic associations with parts of the city. Now that the area
Jerusalem, founded a pagan city is once again freely accessible, the
which he called Aelia Capitolina. heildings. which have suffered
He built a temple dedicated to from neglect and fighting during
Venus at Calvary. Forbidden to the past 19. years, will be repaired
frequent the site, the early Chris- and reactivated. Mount Scopus is
tians nevertheless kept it sane- also the site of a British War
tified in their memories. When the Cemetery for soldiars who fell in
Emperor Constantine made Chris- the area during the World Wars.
tianity the official religion of the • • •
MOUNT OF OLIVES, East of
Empire in the 4th Century CE,
he had a church constructed on the Jerusalem, altitude 2'750 feet. From
present
church
was
built
times up to the present,
ancient
site. The
by the Crusaders in the 12th Cen- this mountain has served as a Jew-
tury, but has undergone many mod- ish cemetery, based on the belief
ifications in later years. The Cru- that the Messiah will enter Jeru-
seder Kings Baldwin and Godfrey salem from here, coinciding with
are buried in the Church. the resurrection of the dead. Most
• • • •
or the tombstones have been de-
THE TOMBS OF THE. KINGS, secrated by the Jordanians during
outside the Jerusalem city walls, the 19 years, from 1948, that the
off Nablus Road. Part of a necro- mountain was in their territory. At
polls with large, decorated burial the foot of the mountain, where
chambers hewn out of the rocks. the Kidron Brook runs into the
Here lie buried the family of Queen Valley of Jehoshafat, are a num-
Helena of Adiabene of Mesopota- ber of ancient tombs whose inter-
mia, who came to Jerusalem about esting shapes, displaying Hellen-
45 CE, after the death of her istic elements, have been carved
husband King Monobaz I, and con- out of the mountainside. These are
verted to Judaism. Wtih her came the Pillar of ABSALOM, the Tombs
her son Izates and his 24 sons. of HEZIR family and of ZECH-
The sarcophagus of the queen, ARIAH. The Southern part of the
bearing her Hebrew name, Zadan, mountain is known as the MOUNT
is today in the Louvre Museum in OF CONTEMPT, OPHEL. The hill
Paris. Another cave contains the where King David built his city. It
grave of Kalba Savua, the father- is now outside the city walls to the
in-law of Rabbi Akiva, a promi- South.
• • *
nent citizen of Jerusalem at the
SILWAN, SILOAM, SHILOA,
time of the Roman conquest.
* S • Southeast of Jerusalem. The three
CAVE OF SIMON THE JUST names are used interchangeably:

(Continued from Page 23)

Israeli Sites

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

26 — Friday, February 9, 1968

the burial place also of his father,
David was anointed King of Is-
Adam and Eve, who lived at He- rael. A Mosque called after Abra-
bron after they were turned out ham has been built over the cave
of the Garden of Eden. The , pa- and contains cenotaphs of the pa-
triarch Abraham bought the site triarchs and matriarchs buried in
ends, a remarkable technological from Ephron the Hittite to bury the cave itself.
Northwest of Hebron — Eshel
his wife Sarah. Later the cave
feat for that time.
s • *
served as burial site for Abraham Abraham (the Oak of Abraham)
recals
the site, where the patri-
SOLOMON'S POOLS, 2 miles himself as well as Isaac, Rebec-
south of Bethlehem, off the road ca, Leah and Jacob. In Hebron, arch pitched his tent.
to Hebron. Three large reservoirs
on descending levels, which collect
rain water and water from the
springs in the region. The founda-
tions are from the period of the
Second Temple (6th Century BCE
—1st Century CE). In the 2nd Cen-
tury CE the Roman Tenth Legion
laid a conduit from the pools to
Jerusalem in order to supply water
to the city. Today water from the
pools is still pumped to the Old
City. The pools are surrounded
by beautiful pine trees and palms,
and their pleasing setting together
with their historic significance
make this spot well worth a visit.
• • .
RACHEL'S TOMB is nine miles
south of Jerusalem on the outskirts
of Bethlehem. It is the burial place
of Jacob's wife, as related in Gene-
sis. The tomb is housed in a small
building, whose modest dimensions
Awaiting takeoff for the Land of the Maccabees,
are indicative of the intimacy with
which Jews regard "Rachel Imenu"
this group of Detroiters spent ten days in Israel
—our mother Rachel.
• • •
under the personal supervision of Bee Kalt. Among
BETHLEHEM, 11 miles south of
the many places of interest, they visited the wail-
Jerusalem. The Hebrew name
means House of Bread, and the
ing wall on December 24, Bethlehem, Rachel's
Arab i c equivalent Beitlahem —
House of Meat. It was the home
Tomb
and the Church of The Nativity on Decem-
of Boaz, who married Ruth the

1700 feet long, through which the

Jewish tradition, the CAVE OF
THE MACHPELA is the grave of

spring waters flow into the POOL
OF SHILOA, which was inside
the city walls. Construction of the
tunnel was undertaken from both

Bee Kalt Hanuka Tour

.

Moabite; they thus became the an-
cestors of the House of David. The
FIELD OF BOAZ is the field where
Ruth came to glean barley. The
prophet Micah prophesied that the
Messiah would be born here from

ber 25.

Plans are now being made for tours during Israel's
Twentieth Birthday celebration. For information
and reservations for these and other tours, see
Bee or Harold Kalt at the Bee Kalt Travel Service,
4626 N. Woodward, Royal Oak, or call JO 6-1490
or LI 9-6733.

the House of David. The CHURCH
OF THE NATIVITY in Bethlehem
stands on the traditional site of
Jesus' birth.
• • •
HEBRON, 16 miles south of Beth-
lehem, one of the four Holy Cities
(SHIM'ON HATSADIK). Sheikh Silwan is the Arabic name of the in the Holy Land. According to
Jarrah Quarter, outside the Jeru- present day village on the site of
salem walls. Traditional burial Biblical Shiloa, which is also
We are now accepting reservations
place of Simon the Just, who was called Siloam. The village stands
High Priest during the days of the on the slope overlooking the Kid-
Cruises on the Suez Canal
Second Temple, it is very popular ron Valley, and opposite it is the

with Jews who come here on pil- spring with which it has been as-
grimages. On Lag B`Omer Holiday, sociated since Biblical times. This

thousands come here to pray and is the Gihon Spring, the only water
to celebrate. source for ancient Jerusalem. The
importance of the site is indicated
• • •
MOUNT SCOPUS is part of the by the fact that Solomon was
ridge separating Jerusalem and the anointed King here. The spring
Dead Sea, and offers a superb view was located outside the city walls,
of both. Its dominant situation is and therefore, inaccessible in times

reflected in its name, which is the of war or siege. Under the pres-
Greek Translation of "Hatsofim," sure of the Assyrian and Babylon-
meaning look-out. It played a deci- ian onslaught, King Hezekiah (8th
sive role in the many battles fought Century BCE) constructed a tunnel,

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