Category Archives: Jerusalem

Summer days and nights in Jerusalem

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

A press release from TravelVideo.tv lists the evocative tours taking place in and around the City of David this summer. These include: The Archeological Experience at the Emek Tzurim National Park: Discovering the Past Hidden in the Dust: A unique … Continue reading →

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Cement on the Temple Mount

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

The Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, published my letter, “Cement Creates Temple Mount Time Bomb”,  in which I explained how the improper use of cement in the repairs was causing some of the problems on the Temple Mount. Now BAR … Continue reading →

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The Water Gate of Jerusalem

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

The inauguration of a complex dating from the First and Second Temple periods on the Ophel has been widely reported, see for example here and here. In a previous post we mentioned that “The site was first excavated in the … Continue reading →

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How should we approach Jerusalem?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

“How should we approach Jerusalem?” This is the opening question posed at the beginning of this preview of a spectacular movie about Jerusalem. Filmed in Imax 3D, the footage takes you on an aerial journey around the Land of Israel … Continue reading →

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Hezekiah’s Pool in Jerusalem

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

A large water reservoir in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, known variously as Hezekiah’s Pool, the Towers’ Pool and the Pool of the Patriarch, is finally being cleaned up. Haaretz reports: After years of neglect, Hezekiah’s … Continue reading →

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The Mysteries of the Temple Mount

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In a previous post, we wrote that Accordance Bible Software had added some of our books to their collections. My book, The Quest – Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, has now been reviewed by David Lang in an Accordance … Continue reading →

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New online resource of Rabbinic Texts

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House has created an enormously useful website for the study of Rabbinic Texts. It is now easy to look up most of the early rabbinic legal texts. The rabbinic texts were among the first to be … Continue reading →

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Is the Second Temple waiting to be unearthed?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In an interview with Aaron Klein’s Investigative Radio programme on New York’s WABC Radio, Eilat Mazar claims that the 2nd Jewish temple is just ‘waiting to be unearthed’. You can read the interview here. Although I would agree that many … Continue reading →

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Priestly Blessing for the First Time on the Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

On the second of the common days of Pesach (Passover), which this year fell on the 21st of April, there is usually a large gathering at the Western Wall to watch the priestly blessing. Yesterday a much smaller, but perhaps … Continue reading →

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A moving scene at the Western Wall

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

Jehuda Hartman was 22 on June 7, 1967 when he stood as an IDF paratrooper at the liberated Western Wall or Kotel. 44 Years later, on Jerusalem Day, he recreates the shot. Click on the picture to see the video: … Continue reading →

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