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Jerusalem Heritage House guests tour Mount Zion as part of a Weekly tour put on by the Israel Land Fund. The tour is every Wednesday at noon. Israel held on to it for dear life in 1948 when Jewish fighters fended off waves of Arab attacks. Mt. Zion home of King David’s Tomb is synonymous…
The Jerusalem Heritage House had eight “lone Soldiers” graduate from Mikve Alon, the military base in the north that teaches Hebrew to non-Hebrew speaking soldiers. Rabbi Ben Packer, Director of the Jerusalem Heritage House and Alex Winston at the front gate sign [image target=”_self” action=”fancybox” image_action_link=”http://” fancybox_group=”1″ show_border=”1″ align=”none” width=”600″ height=”400″ image_alt=”Packer and Winston” link_title=””…
[title type=”h1″ font_size=”” font_family=”none” line_height=”” bottom_indent=”” align=”center”]Shalom Everyone![/title] Our summer is already off to an AMAZING start at the Jerusalem Heritage House! We have been fortunate to already be able to host tons of new visiting Birthright Israel participants and other young Jewish travelers who have chosen to extend their trips here over the past…
Over the past few weeks some of Jerusalem Heritage House’s “lone Soldiers” have reached important milestones in their army service. [title type=”h1″ font_size=”” font_family=”none” line_height=”” bottom_indent=”” align=”none”]Michve Alon Swearing in Ceremony[/title] [image target=”_self” action=”fancybox” image_action_link=”http://” fancybox_group=”1″ show_border=”1″ align=”none” width=”620″ height=”415″ image_alt=”” link_title=”” margin_top=”” margin_right=”” margin_bottom=”” margin_left=””]https://heritagehouse.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mikvehtekes.jpg[/image] Five of our newest “lone soldiers” were sworn…
Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut are very emotional and exciting times here in Israel. This year, it was especially inspiring and meaningful as we were able to spend these significant and important days of national unity with so many of our very own “Lone Soldiers”, here in Israel on their own for the purpose of…
In other news on what were doing these post Pesach days leading up to Shavuot – we are continuing the important excavation project of the ancient synagogue in Hevron. [image target=”_self” action=”fancybox” image_action_link=”http://” fancybox_group=”1″ show_border=”1″ align=”none” width=”673″ height=”368″ image_alt=”” link_title=”” margin_top=”” margin_right=”” margin_bottom=”” margin_left=””]https://heritagehouse.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hebron-Work-0681.jpg[/image] We have made tremendous progress and are planning to install electricity…
Visiting Hevron on Pesach! First visit for most of the guys! The entire Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs open to Jews – great first-time experience! Also visited the ancient synagogue we are excavating there – no work done on Pesach, but we’ll be ready to go right after the holiday! For now, we are…
Take a moment to imagine how amazing purim in Jerusalem is every year!