Hurva

It was Jerusalem's main synagogue in the 19th century, prior to that, the history is that some Jewish Polish immigrants bought the land in the 1700's, but while they were building it, Arabs burned it down (which is where it gets the name 'Hurva' - it translates as 'the ruin') In 1864 a new one was built on the site, but during the second world war, it was captured by the Arab Legion of Jordan ... who blew it up with dynamite!

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The site lay empty for many years and acquired the name "Hurva," Hebrew for ruin, before being rebuilt in 1864 and becoming a centre for the Jewish community in the Holy Land.

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Calm however reigns at the Temple Mount and also in the nearby Jewish quarter of the Old City, where the "Hurva" synagogue was opened with a solemn ceremony yesterday.

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Hamas was angered by the reopening of a synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City, fueling Palestinian fears that the restoration of the Hurva synagogue would endanger a nearby mosque.

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Referring to the literal meaning of the Hurva, the editorial goes on to state that "To name something that is built a 'ruin' reveals a stubborn unwillingness to accept the present reality as unassailable."

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Referring to the literal meaning of the Hurva, the editorial goes on to state that "To name something that is built a 'ruin' reveals a stubborn unwillingness to accept the present reality as unassailable."

Bradley Burston: Israel's Titanic Moment: Does Obama Want Netanyahu's Head? 2010

In one of the more remarkable, and ill-advised, editorials in its 77-year history, the Jerusalem Post poured oil on the smolder this week, rewriting Jewish history and tradition to declare that the newly dedicated Hurva synagogue in the Old City, "symbolizes, perhaps more than any other site, the Jewish people's yearnings to return to its homeland."

Bradley Burston: Israel's Titanic Moment: Does Obama Want Netanyahu's Head? 2010

In one of the more remarkable, and ill-advised, editorials in its 77-year history, the Jerusalem Post poured oil on the smolder this week, rewriting Jewish history and tradition to declare that the newly dedicated Hurva synagogue in the Old City, "symbolizes, perhaps more than any other site, the Jewish people's yearnings to return to its homeland."

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Hamas was angered by the reopening of a synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City, fueling Palestinian fears that the restoration of the Hurva synagogue would endanger a nearby mosque.

Clashes Erupt In Jerusalem As Hamas Declares 'Day Of Rage' (VIDEO) 2010

In one of the more remarkable, and ill-advised, editorials in its 77-year history, the Jerusalem Post poured oil on the smolder this week, rewriting Jewish history and tradition to declare that the newly dedicated Hurva synagogue in the Old City, "symbolizes, perhaps more than any other site, the Jewish people's yearnings to return to its homeland."

Israel's Titanic Moment: Does Obama Want Netanyahu's Head? 2010