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Jerusalem Through Someone Else’s Eyes |
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Crossing Borders Volume 7 Edition 34
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Written by Maher Zaghloul
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Want to know more about three major religions in a very short time? Visit Jerusalem. We did. We started our journey by visiting Yam in Moshe, a synagogue located near the YMCA hotel in western Jerusalem. Our guide Omri, an expert in Jewish religion, talked to us about the synagogue and Bar Mitzvah and other Jewish traditions.
 After that we went to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian quarter of the Old City. This holy place is divided into small sections and each section has a church for a different religious group.
On our way to the Old City we passed by a mosque. Niels, a Danish colleague was reminded of the only mosque in Denmark near the place where he lives. We passed through the Muslim Quarter, witnessing the hectic market atmosphere full of people, music and colorful shops selling everything from clothing to music, sweets, and meat.
What made our exploration successful is that at each point we looked at Jerusalem through someone else eyes.
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