At the entrance to the Jewish Quarter, you will feel a sharp change. It was a part of the city where the Jews had always lived, no matter who ruled Jerusalem. After the Romans destroyed the Temple and suppressing the Bar Kochba revolt, they forbade the Jews to live in Jerusalem and forbade the observance of mitzvot and customs. Emperor Adrian even turned Jerusalem into a Roman city and named it Ilya Capitoline. But for 2,000 years, the Jews continued to live in Jerusalem stubbornly, surviving conquests and crusades, praying in synagogues, and hoping with complete faith for the revival of Jerusalem and Zion.
The trip takes us from the Jaffa Gate through the Christian Quarter to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After that, we will visit Golgotha, the stone of anointing, burial, and resurrection, St. Helena Chapel - the site where the Holy cross was found. Further, the route passes through Muristan to the Jewish Quarter, Kardo Street, excavations of the walls of Jerusalem from the time of Jesus, the mosaic of Madaba, the Hurva Synagogue, the Menorah, the panorama of the Olive and Temple Mountains, the Wailing Wall. Finally, we return to the Jaffa Gate through the Muslim Quarter, the monuments of the Mamluk architecture, and the street of David.
