Jerusalem - Jewish Quarter

From the Convent of the Olive-Tree in Jerusalem we continue south and then turn left (east) along the inside of the town walls, past the Zion Gate (from which roads run down into the Hinnom and Kidron valleys and up to Mount Zion), into the Jewish Quarter. This part of the Old City was laid in ruins during the Israeli-Arab fighting in 1948 and subsequently, and was rebuilt after 1967. Turning left into the second street of some size, Jewish Quarter Street (Rehov HaYehudim), and heading north, we pass a number of synagogues (on right) which have been rebuilt in recent years.