Page 12 - The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, February 8, 1974
New life throbs amm^ the old in open rebuilt city
By FRANK ADEL
JERUSALEM -
- . Blockade, siege, capture and redemption are milestones along the highways of
^rusalem's  3,000. years.
- jfhat makes the bewildering
.Story a" veritabllliaen-of-laith and fortitude is the con-
,•; llnuousbnilding and,rebuild-'=>*-|Jg of the city..  " _
)j Yet 25 years of Israel's statehood have meant more. than repair and.reconstruction for the capital; they
. have been meaningful years Off expansion, perhaps with-b*it parallel in her millennial
, history.:
. Nestled in the mauve and blue of the Judean Hills, the timeless metropolis has Ifrown from a sleepy orien-tpwn into the thriving seat of gjovernment.
Jerusalem -.-sanctuaryof three creeds,.cradle of C1V1-: lization, eternal challenge and the constant hope — today throbs with: new .life in all spheres of human activity.
The city of David is 3,000 years old. She has no river, no sea, no ancient trade routes. Yet her history is imprinted, with the love and awe, tjie passion, yearning and devotion of "-mankind. Above all,~the Jews who mourned"- -h e r desolation more deeply than any other people, haye_returned to her with reverent devotion and love. Today Jerusalem is unified. As you: walk- her streets, look at her buildings, take, in her people, her sounds and scents, you can make of her history a. personal and unforgettable experience.
From Mount Scopus you look east to the deep plunge of the Judean desert down to the Dead Sea. and to the Plain of Jericho. Down the hill, m the valley of Jeho^ sphat lies Gethsemane thick with ancient olive trees silent witnesses, to the cities colorful history.
You are facing theeastern wall of the city and the temple enclosure.   In this
wall is the Golden Gate, sealed until the coming of the Messiah. The Temple Mount is an enclosure within the walled city. Its western wall is; all that remains of the period of the splen^ did- temple. It.suryived the
' wrack of ages, legend says, because Jt^ alone was, built as a labor -of- love bV: the poor. People to this day push a folded paper with a wish or request from God between the crevices of the massive slabs of stone. To the "Jews this remnant of their temple wall isthemost sacred site in the Holy Land. They come here to pray for better days and for a future of prosperity and peace.
:. Every, .visitor to the old city is bound to cross the squ,are adjoining the coiirt of: the Holy Sepulchre Church, which is dominated by the Church of the Redeemer with, its tall white steeple ~ one
; of the landmarks of the old • Jerusalem skyline. Since the building is neither ancient. nor spectaculai-, one iisually
pasises by, not suspecting that it contains the arresting remains that trace the particu 1 arly fascinating story of the Muristan. The ehurch~of the Redeemer was solemnly inaugurated in No-
The gift was a munificent as well as a thoughtful one. For a thousand years earlier a German church and hospice had stood on the same place. Strolling.through the al-
vembeEj898 in the presence-::::::ieys and bazaars of the Old of the-,, donors, the German : City, the onslaught on each EmperorzErederickjyilhelm of yourTfive-^senses is so II andhis^empress. in earl-^ fierce.'that they have a hard ier years-ttie 'large empty___time absorbing all the "building plot had been given   sounds^ smells,, sights,
tastes and touches surrounding you.. Little do you realize' that you are explorihg only one of the three levels of the city. .:
as a present by the Sultan of Turkey to the father of .the emperor, on the occasion of his visit to Constantinople..
Very few take a look on top of the city walls and on the roofs of the covered bazaars, and the throngs of pilgrims treading' the Via Dolorosa have no. inkling of what lies below the. ancient pavement unless they go outside the walls through the Damascus'Gate, passing the little garden that brightens -up the enormous stones and be"d-rock, and enter, a door marked in English "Solomon's Quarries'" and in He^ brew "Ma'arat Zidkiyahu'.'. (Zedekias Cave).
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•Strolling through^he alleys and bazaars of the Old Gity of Jerusalem is oiie of thie delights, 'for tourists to the Holy City. Little does the tourist realiz^ that he is exploring ■only one of the three levels of the city. (Also see Jerosalem story-on Page 10.)
The Maritimes
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DEPARTURE   DATES      cost per person/cdn. s
•' ; Jun« s M  T vy T   f s ■ V .(  ■ J .  H    ti     7 B ■;h. 'J m: 19 ^,'0 .•	. July S  M  T  W  T   f S l'   2   3   4   5 • 7  «. 9  10 n 1! 9 14 #16   17. 18  19 • 21 *:23 24 2b 26 27 28 *-30 31
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