Jerusalem offers many must-see attractions near the Ein Kerem, so make sure to visit the Ein Kerem during your stay in the city. Below you'll find a list of all the things to-do and see while touring the Ein Kerem
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Jerusalem is a city who prefers her grief localized, for one spacious expanse of rolling hills and pine trees in the city's western fringes is home to two of the most emotionally draining landmarks in the entire city: Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl. Yad Vashem, the brilliantly designed and profoundly distressing state memorial to and museum of the Holocaust, is well known and an established stop read more
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For most of their history, Jews have not been well represented in the visual arts. Save for a brief flowering of creativity seen in Galilean communities in the wake of the destruction of the Second Temple, the religious prohibition against graven images led to a reluctance to produce an image of anything, especially not humans. It was not until the rise of the modern era of art that Jewish identity read more
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Perched among mountains and hills in the remote outskirts of Jerusalem, the ancient village of Ein Kerem resonates with whispers of the past and music of the present. On all sides, vistas of the encircling hills in all their green abundance; surrounding you at every turn, the winding stone walkways of bygone days, turning into graceful archways hung with ivy and almond blossoms. Poetry is in read more
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Located on the main road to Hadassah Hospital, Kiryat Yovel is a densely populated neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. While it is now a destination for young couples and families who seek an alternative to more expensive properties in Jerusalem, Kiryat Yovel has historically functioned as a refuge for people who had nowhere else to go. After the State of Israel was declared in 1948, thousands read more
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At the highest point in Jerusalem is the neighborhood of Bayit Vegan, an area mainly populated with religious Jews. Bayit Vegan has roots in the earliest history of the modern city of Jerusalem, as well as in ancient times. Beyond mundane stretches of streets and apartment buildings, a breathtaking panorama can be glimpsed from most points of the neighborhood: a view of green hills contrasting read more
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Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for its ethnic diversity and equality in treatment, Hadassah Medical Center has also garnered international admiration for its quality medical care and research. Thousands of medical tourists from around the world choose Hadassah Medical Center each year, for quality treatment that is more affordable than the U.S. and Western Europe. Hadassah Medical read more
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Perched amid the verdant Judean Hills, the Church of Notre Dame de Sion provides a refuge from the clamor of the city center. This nineteenth century convent overlooking the wadi below Ein Kerem and surrounded with trees includes a guesthouse that is open to the public. Here visitors have an opportunity to savor the peaceful beauty of the village of Ein Kerem.
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Christians from all over the world are drawn to the exquisitely peaceful village of Ein Kerem, the place where they believe Saint John the Baptist was born. Sheltered behind iron gates, the Church of Saint John the Baptist contains the grotto in which the birth is believed to have taken place. Encompassed with trees and with a breathtaking view of the Judean Hills beyond, the church stands as read more
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To compare the quality of Holocaust museums seems in a certain way almost profane, but it's difficult to debate that Jerusalem's Yad Vashem is the best of them – if an adjective like "best" can truly be applied to a museum in commemoration of a genocide.
Situated on a sylvan hill on the western fringes of Jerusalem and adjoining Israel's read more
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Ein Kerem, the small Judean Hills village on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, is one of the city's bastions of the secular, heavily European culture which used to be dominant in Israel's cultural life, and to some extent still is among the country's upper classes. French and Italian restaurants abound, painters fill multiple galleries with art inspired by Ein Kerem's dramatic read more
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