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Machane Yisrael

Machane Yisrael is one of the earliest Jewish neighbourhoods built outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, founded in 1868 by Maghrebi Jews. Discussed here as part of a piece on the first developments to push beyond the cramped Jewish Quarter.

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Inside St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
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Leaving the Old City walls of Jerusalem

A field trip outside the western Old City walls: the old train station, St Andrew's Church, the Montefiore windmill in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Yemin Moshe, the King David Hotel and YMCA, Machane Yisrael, Nachalat Shiva and the Mamilla cemetery.

Nov 2013 · 5 minute read
Original building of the Jerusalem train station Inside St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem Montefiore Windmill in Mishkenot Sha'ananim Yemin Moshe Jerusalem YMCA Tunisian Synagogue in the Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Centre, Jerusalem Old Ashkenazi Synagogue in Nachalat Shiva 'Al-Kebekiyeh' Mamluk period tomb in Mamilla cemetery, Jerusalem Palace Hotel, Jerusalem
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