Religion and Jerusalem

Many Israel Tours invole Jerusalem, as it's one of the most famous cities in the world. With the roots of all Abrahamic religions and the western culture and traditions attached to the city and its stories.


In the Jewish tradition, it is the most important place on earth, being the place where the monotheist beliefs were founded, the city where the first and second Jewish temples were built on Mount Moriah (temple mount) - the same mountain from the "Binding of Isaac" story - and later destroyed, and where Jews prayed for 2000 years to built the Jewish land again. Jerusalem also known by its name Zion and from that came Zionism.
The Christians, who believe in the "Old testament", have their own (and sometimes different) version of events since the destruction of the Jewish temple: Jesus' Via Delarosa - the way of suffering, Jesus' crucifixion, the crusades and the Apocalypse in the future.

In the Islamic tradition, Jerusalem is the third holiest place - after Meca and Medina. It is believed to be the location of Muhammad's miraculous journey.


These days are the best time to visit Jerusalem. Regardless of the violent eruptions from time to time, the city is safer than it ever was. Muslims control the Temple Mount - Haram-a-Shariff, Christians control the Churches and Jews control the Western Wall - the Kotel.